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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. They are the only members of the predominantly western subfamily Laviniinae that are found in eastern North America.[1]
Chrosomus | |
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Chrosomus erythrogaster | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Clade: | Laviniinae |
Genus: | Chrosomus Rafinesque, 1820 |
Type species | |
Luxilus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820 | |
Synonyms | |
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