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Redbelly Daces and Allies
Chrosomus
Chrosomus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. These fishes have sometimes been included in Eurasian minnow genus Phoxinus. They are the only members of the predominantly western subfamily Laviniinae that are found in eastern North America.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Northern Redbelly Dace
speciesChrosomus eos
Southern Redbelly Dace
speciesChrosomus erythrogaster
Mountain Redbelly Dace
speciesChrosomus oreas
Finescale Dace
speciesChrosomus neogaeus
Northern Redbelly × Finescale Dace
hybridChrosomus eos × neogaeus
Tennessee Dace
speciesChrosomus tennesseensis
Blackside Dace
speciesChrosomus cumberlandensis
Laurel Dace
speciesChrosomus saylori
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87470.