Luxilus
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| Luxilus | |
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| Striped shiners (Luxilus chrysocephalus) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Luxilus Rafinesque, 1820[1] |
| Type species | |
| Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820[1]
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Luxilus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[1] The species in this genus are found in North America. They are commonly known as highscale shiners.
Species
[edit | edit source]Luxilus contains the following valid species:[2]
- Luxilus albeolus (D. S. Jordan, 1889) (white shiner)
- Luxilus cardinalis (Mayden, 1988) (cardinal shiner)
- Luxilus cerasinus (Cope, 1868) (crescent shiner)
- Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820 (striped shiner)
- Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) (common shiner)
- Luxilus pilsbryi (Fowler, 1904) (duskystripe shiner)
- Luxilus zonatus (Putnam, 1863) (bleeding shiner)
References
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