Spinedace

Spinedaces
	Lepidomeda vittata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Plagopterinae
Genus:	Lepidomeda; Cope, 1874
Type species
	Lepidomeda vittata; Cope, 1874
Species
	6, see text.
Synonyms
	Snyderichthys Miller, 1945

Lepidomeda is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. The fishes in this genus are commonly known as the spinedaces, found in western North America. Of the known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the spikedaces in the genus Meda, but the phylogeny and indeed the validity of the proposed "plagopterin" clade is insufficiently resolved.^[2]

Species

The genus contains these species:^[3]

Lepidomeda albivallis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 (White River spinedace)
Lepidomeda aliciae (Jouy, 1881) (Southern leatherside chub)
†Lepidomeda altivelis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 (Pahranagat spinedace)
Lepidomeda copei (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) (Northern leatherside chub)
Lepidomeda mollispinis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 (Virgin spinedace)
Lepidomeda vittata Cope, 1874 (Little Colorado spinedace)

References

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Plagopterinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
^ Andrew M. Simons and Richard L. Mayden (23 April 1997). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)". Cladistics. 13: 187–205. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00315.x.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lepidomeda". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2025.

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[Cof_family-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Plagopterinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2025.

[2] Andrew M. Simons and Richard L. Mayden (23 April 1997). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)". Cladistics. 13: 187–205. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00315.x.

[3] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lepidomeda". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2025.

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