Phenacobius mirabilis

Phenacobius mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Leuciscinae
Genus:Phenacobius
Species: P. mirabilis
Binomial name
Phenacobius mirabilis
(Girard, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Exoglossum mirabile Girard, 1856
  • Sarcidium scopiferum Cope, 1871

Phenacobius mirabilis, or the suckermouth minnow, is a North American cyprinid fish, where it occurs in the Mississippi River basin from Ohio and West Virginia to Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, and from southeastern Minnesota to northern Alabama and southern Oklahoma. It also occurs in the western Lake Erie drainage in Ohio.

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2016). "Phenacobius mirabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 April 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.