Biology:Chrosomus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Chrosomus
Southern Red-Bellied Dace.JPG
Chrosomus erythrogaster
Scientific classification e
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
  • Parchrosomus Gasowska, 1979
  • Pfrille Jordan, 1924

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

  1. 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)" (in en). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 781–799. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.026. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29913311. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790317308618. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1028723 entry