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on the sturgeon chub's back and sides have a small ridge-like projection known as a "keel". The purpose of the keel is not established, but may help the fish stabilize and orient itself in fast currents or as a means of detecting currents. The eyes are small and it does not see well. The fish's color
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ranges from silvery-white on the belly to silvery sides, with a light-brown back. The tail is deeply forked, with the lower lobe darker than the upper lobe. The body fins are triangular, slightly rounded, and straight-edged (unlike the
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which help it locate food. It lives in waters which are little populated by other small fish, but can be found associating with the
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behind the gills during breeding. It lays eggs on gravel or clean sand to reproduce. Breeding probably occurs in June.
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The sturgeon chub is slender, streamlined fish with a long, flat snout. The snout resembles that of a
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near the corner of the mouth, and small pustules on the throat. The
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614:Vancouver, B.C.: Greystone Books, 2011, p. 180.
565:New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2001, p. 267-268.
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881:IUCN Red List least concern species
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359:Sturgeon chub exhibits little
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625:The Fishes of Illinois.
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312:Description and habitat
308:was suggested in 1965.
290:Charles Frédéric Girard
276:Names and documentation
901:Fish described in 1856
640:May/June 2001, p. 25.
623:Smith, Philip Wayne.
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302:Macrhybopsis gelidus
689:macrhybopsis-gelida
660:Macrhybopsis gelida
418:Macrhybopsis gelida
338:teeth in its throat
252:fish in the family
242:Macrhybopsis gelida
189:Macrhybopsis gelida
40:Conservation status
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262:species of concern
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380:Mississippi
260:. It is a
147:Leuciscinae
143:Subfamily:
875:Categories
402:References
342:taste buds
286:Milk River
254:Cyprinidae
247:ray-finned
137:Cyprinidae
384:Louisiana
365:tubercles
165:Species:
93:Kingdom:
87:Eukaryota
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780:10719410
736:FishBase
675:Q3236358
669:Wikidata
318:sturgeon
206:Synonyms
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107:Chordata
103:Phylum:
97:Animalia
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60:IUCN 3.1
858:1021446
832:1001921
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388:Wyoming
270:Montana
264:in the
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113:Class:
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684:ARKive
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326:scales
322:barbel
250:minnow
197:Girard
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775:IRMNG
715:3X2J5
827:NCBI
801:IUCN
788:ITIS
749:GBIF
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