Chrosomus
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.
| Chrosomus | |
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| Chrosomus erythrogaster | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Chrosomus Rafinesque, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Luxilus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
- Chrosomus cumberlandensis (W. C. Starnes & L. B. Starnes, 1978) (Blackside dace)
- Chrosomus eos Cope, 1861 (Northern redbelly dace)
- Chrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820 (Southern redbelly dace)
- Chrosomus neogaeus (Cope, 1867) (Finescale dace)
- Chrosomus oreas Cope, 1868 (Mountain redbelly dace)
- Chrosomus saylori (Skelton, 2001) (Laurel dace)
- Chrosomus tennesseensis (W. C. Starnes & R. E. Jenkins, 1988) (Tennessee dace)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Chrosomus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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