prairie chub

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=NatureServe |date=2013 |title=Macrhybopsis australis |page=e.T202150A19035196 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202150A19035196.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

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| taxon = Macrhybopsis australis

| authority = (C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929)

| synonyms = *Extrarius australis C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929

| synonyms_ref = {{Cof genus|genus=Macrhybopsis|access-date=14 March 2025}}

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The prairie chub (Macrhybopsis australis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It occurs in the upper Red River drainage in Oklahoma and Texas. Its preferred habitat is sand and gravel runs of creeks and small to large rivers.{{cite web | url = http://www.fishbase.se/summary/Macrhybopsis-australis.html | title = Prairie chub Macrhybopsis australis Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 | accessdate = 19 November 2017 | publisher = Fishbase | editor1 = Rainer Froese | editor2 = Daniel Pauly | year = 2017}}