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Margariscus
Sign in to saveMargariscus, known as the pearl daces, is a genus of leusiscid fishes found in North America. There are currently two recognized species in this genus. Margariscus comes from the Greek word margariskos, meaning pearl.
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Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Margariscus, and connects out to Animalia, North America and Chordata.
It sits within the topics Fish of North America, Margariscus and Plagopterinae.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Northern Pearl Dace
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- CAS, FHSM, ROM
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyprinidae
- Image
- Margariscus nachtriebi 31403277 (cropped).jpg
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Margariscus, known as the pearl daces, is a genus of leusiscid fishes found in North America. There are currently two recognized species in this genus. Margariscus comes from the Greek word margariskos, meaning pearl.
==Species== Margariscus margarita (Cope, 1867) (Allegheny pearl dace) Margariscus nachtriebi (Cox, 1896) (Northern pearl dace)
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