The Missouri River System's "Other" Fish

Sturgeon Chub

Sturgeon chubs have been collected from 14 states, all of which border the Missouri or lower Mississippi rivers. In North Dakota, numerous sturgeon chubs were documented during a field survey of the Little Missouri River in 1976 and 1977. However, in recent years only the Yellowstone River has produced any of these species.

Sturgeon chubs inhabit large, turbid rivers with strong current and gravel/sand substrate. They appear in gravel riffle sites in greatest abundance.

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