Lepidomeda is a genus of cyprinid fish, commonly known as the spinedaces, found in western North America. Of the four known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the leatherside chub and the spikedaces (genus Meda), but the phylogeny and indeed the validity of the proposed "plagopterin" clade is insufficiently resolved.[1]

Spinedaces
Lepidomeda vittata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Lepidomeda
Cope, 1874
Type species
Lepidomeda vittata
Cope, 1874
Species

6, see text.

Synonyms

Snyderichthys Miller, 1945

Species

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The genus contains these species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Andrew M. Simons and Richard L. Mayden (23 April 1997). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)". Cladistics. 13: 187–205. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00315.x.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lepidomeda". FishBase. August 2011 version.