| Chrosomus | |
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| Chrosomus erythrogaster | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Clade: | Laviniinae |
| Genus: | Chrosomus Rafinesque, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Luxilus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chrosomus is a genus of small cyprinid fish found in freshwater habitats in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. There are currently seven recognized species in this genus. They have sometimes been included in Phoxinus. They are the only members of the predominantly western subfamily Laviniinae that are found in eastern North America.[1]
Species
- Chrosomus cumberlandensis (W. C. Starnes & L. B. Starnes, 1978) (Blackside dace)
- Chrosomus eos Cope, 1861 (Northern redbelly dace)
- Chrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820 (Southern redbelly dace)
- Chrosomus neogaeus (Cope, 1867) (Finescale dace)
- Chrosomus oreas Cope, 1868 (Mountain redbelly dace)
- Chrosomus saylori (Skelton, 2001) (Laurel dace)
- Chrosomus tennesseensis (W. C. Starnes & R. E. Jenkins, 1988) (Tennessee dace)
References
- ↑ Schönhuth, Susana; Vukić, Jasna; Šanda, Radek; Yang, Lei; Mayden, Richard L. (2018-10-01). "Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Holarctic family Leuciscidae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinoidei)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 781–799. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.026. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29913311. S2CID 49292104.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Chrosomus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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