Sturgeon chub (Macrhybopsis gelida) distribution and status by HUC8

Jul 27, 2011 (Last modified Jan 7, 2022)
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Sturgeon chub (Macrhybopsis gelida) status data created for the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (WDAFS)

Bradshaw, W.H. 2018. Sturgeon chub (Macrhybopsis gelida) in Wyoming’s Powder River: a data compilation from 1964-2016. Wyoming Game and Fish Department Administrative Report. Cheyenne.

Everett, S.R., D.L. Scarnecchia, and L.F. Ryckman. 2004. Distribution and habitat use of sturgeon chubs (Macrhybopsis gelida) and sicklefin chub (M. meeki) in the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, North Dakota. Hydrobiologia 527: 183-193.

Herzog, D.P. 2004. Capture efficiency and habitat use of sturgeon chub (Macrhybopsis gelida) and sicklefin chub (Macrhybopsis meeki) in the Mississippi River. Southeast Missouri State University Master’s Thesis. Cape Girardeau.

Hesse, L.W. 1994. The status of Nebraska fishes in the Missouri River, Selected chubs and minnows (Cyprinidae): sicklefin chub (Macrhybopsis meeki), sturgeon chub (M. gelida), silver chub (M. storeriana), speckled chub (M. aestivalis), flathead chub (Platygobio gracilis), plains minnow (Hybognathus placitus), and western silvery minnow (H. argyritis). Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 21:99-108.

Steffensen, K.D., D.A. Shuman, and S. Stukel. 2014. The Status of Fishes in the Missouri River, Nebraska: Shoal Chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma), Sturgeon Chub (M. gelida), Sicklefin Chub (M. meeki), Silver Chub (M. storeriana), Flathead Chub (Platygobio gracilis), Plains Minnow (Hybognathus placitus), Western Silvery Minnow (H. argyritis), and Brassy Minnow (H. hankinsoni). Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies 470: 49-67.
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US watershed boundaries from USGS - http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html
Canada watershed boundaries from Ministry on Sustainable Resource Management’s Fisheries Inventory Watershed Atlas - http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/gis/GISdata.html
Mexico fish distributions from Freshwater Fishes of Mexico (Miller and Minckley 2006)
US fish distributions from each state's respective fish agency
Additional information may come from peer-reviewed literature, grey literature and agency reports, and scientific collection permit catch records
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