Chrosomus
| Chrosomus | |
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| Chrosomus erythrogaster | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Laviniinae |
| Genus: | Chrosomus Rafinesque, 1820[1] |
| Type species | |
| Luxilus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chrosomus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. These fishes have sometimes been included in Eurasian minnow genus Phoxinus. They are the only members of the predominantly western subfamily Laviniinae that are found in eastern North America.[2]
Species
[edit]Chrosomuscontains the following species;[3]
| Image | Species | Common name |
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Chrosomus cumberlandensis
(W. C. Starnes & L. B. Starnes, 1978) |
Blackside dace |
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Chrosomus eos
Cope, 1861 |
Northern redbelly dace |
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Chrosomus erythrogaster
Rafinesque, 1820 |
Southern redbelly dace |
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Chrosomus neogaeus
(Cope, 1867) |
Finescale dace |
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Chrosomus oreas
Cope, 1868 |
Mountain redbelly dace |
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Chrosomus saylori
(Skelton, 2001) |
Laurel dace |
| Chrosomus tennesseensis
(W. C. Starnes & R. E. Jenkins, 1988) |
Tennessee dace |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chrosomus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2018MolPE.127..781S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.026. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29913311. S2CID 49292104.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chrosomus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chrosomus". FishBase. August 2011 version.
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