Pimephales

Pimephales, commonly known as the bluntnose minnows (a term used locally to refer to Pimephales notatus specifically), is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This fishes in this genus are found in North America. All of the four species are small fish, with P. notatus being the largest at 11 cm. (about 4.3 in.) These minnows can be found all over North America and are commonly used as fish bait.

Pimephales
Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Pimephales Rafinesque, 1820[1]
Type species
Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820[1]
Synonyms[1]
Ceraticthys Baird & Girard, 1853 Cochlognathus Baird & Girard, 1854 Hyborhynchus Agassiz, 1855 Cliola Girard,1856 Coliscus Cope, 1871 Hypargyrus Forbes, 1884 Spinicephalus Lesueur, 1896

Species

Pimephales contains the following species:^[2]

• Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) (bluntnose minnow)
• Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (fathead minnow)
• Pimephales tenellus (Girard, 1856) (slim minnow)
• Pimephales vigilax (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853) (bullhead minnow)