Riffle minnow
| Riffle minnow | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Phenacobius |
| Species: | P. catostomus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phenacobius catostomus D. S. Jordan, 1877[2] | |
The riffle minnow (Phenacobius catostomus) is a North American species of cyprinid freshwater fish. It inhabits riffles in warm streams of medium to large size, in the states of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, above the Fall Line.[3] Long and slender, it averages about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) in length.[3] The riffle minnow is olive on top, and white below.[3]
This fish is not to be confused with Alburnoides bipunctatus, which is also known as riffle minnow, but lives in Europe and Asia.[4]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2016). "Phenacobius catostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ↑ University of Tennessee, Division of Biology, accessed via Archive.org.
- 1 2 3 Goldstein, Robert et al. American Aquarium Fishes, p. 134 (Texas A&M University Press, 2000).
- ↑ "Alburnoides bipunctatus", eunis.eea.europa.eu, European Environment Agency, Vernacular names
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