Biology:Luxilus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Highscale shiners
Warpaint shiner (Luxilus coccogenis).jpg
Warpaint shiner (Luxilus coccogenis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Luxilus
Rafinesque, 1820
Type species
Luxilus chrysocephalus
Rafinesque, 1820
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Plargyrus Rafinesque, 1820
  • Hypsolepis Agassiz, 1854
  • Coccotis Jordan, 1882
  • Coccogenia Cockerell & Callaway 1909

Luxilus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. They are commonly known as highscale shiners. There are currently nine species in the genus.

Species

  • Luxilus albeolus (D. S. Jordan, 1889) (white shiner)
  • Luxilus cardinalis (Mayden, 1988) (cardinal shiner)
  • Luxilus cerasinus (Cope, 1868) (crescent shiner)
  • Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820 (striped shiner)
  • Luxilus coccogenis (Cope, 1868) (warpaint shiner)
  • Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) (common shiner)
  • Luxilus pilsbryi (Fowler, 1904) (duskystripe shiner)
  • Luxilus zonatus (Putnam, 1863) (bleeding shiner)
  • Luxilus zonistius D. S. Jordan, 1880 (bandfin shiner)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6706396 entry