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Chrosomus
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Chrosomus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. These fishes have sometimes been included in Eurasian minnow genus Phoxinus. They are the only members of the predominantly western subfamily Laviniinae that are found in eastern North America.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCypriniformes
  5. FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded16,415

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
302
With media
2
Family
Cyprinidae
Collections
SUI, UA, KU, AUM, CUMV, ROM
Recorded in
United States, Italy, Belgium, Japan, Romania, Russia, Canada

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Chrosomus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. These fishes have sometimes been included in Eurasian minnow genus Phoxinus. They are the only members of the predominantly western subfamily Laviniinae that are found in eastern North America.

==Species== Chrosomuscontains the following species; {| class="wikitable" |+ !Image !Species !Common name |- |frameless |Chrosomus cumberlandensis (W. C. Starnes & L. B. Starnes, 1978) |Blackside dace |- |frameless |Chrosomus eos Cope, 1861 |Northern redbelly dace |- |frameless |Chrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820 |Southern redbelly dace |- |frameless |Chrosomus neogaeus (Cope, 1867) |Finescale dace |- |frameless |Chrosomus oreas Cope, 1868 |Mountain redbelly dace |- |frameless |Chrosomus saylori (Skelton, 2001) |Laurel dace |- | |Chrosomus tennesseensis (W. C. Starnes & R. E. Jenkins, 1988) |Tennessee dace |} ==References==

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