Riffle minnow
| Riffle minnow | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Phenacobius |
| Species: | P. catostomus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phenacobius catostomus D. S. Jordan, 1877[2]
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The riffle minnow (Phenacobius catostomus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It inhabits riffles in warm streams of medium to large size, in the states of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, above the Fall Line.[3] Long and slender, it averages about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) in length.[3] The riffle minnow is olive on top, and white below.[3]
This fish is not to be confused with Alburnoides bipunctatus, which is also known as riffle minnow, but lives in Europe and Asia.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Phenacobius catostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202343A18233036. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202343A18233036.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ University of Tennessee, Division of Biology, accessed via Archive.org.
- ^ a b c Goldstein, Robert et al. American Aquarium Fishes, p. 134 (Texas A&M University Press, 2000).
- ^ "Alburnoides bipunctatus", eunis.eea.europa.eu, European Environment Agency, Vernacular names
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