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]
| Chrosomus | |
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| Chrosomus erythrogaster | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Clade: | Laviniinae |
| Genus: | Chrosomus Rafinesque, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Luxilus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820
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Species
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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- ^ 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chrosomus". FishBase. August 2011 version.
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