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Leatherside Chubs
Lepidomeda
Lepidomeda, commonly known as the spinedaces, is a genus of cyprinid fish found in western North America. Of the four known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the leatherside chub and the spikedaces (genus Meda), but the phylogeny and indeed the validity of the proposed "plagopterin" clade is insufficiently resolved.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Virgin River Spinedace
speciesLepidomeda mollispinis
Southern Leatherside Chub
speciesLepidomeda aliciae
Northern Leatherside Chub
speciesLepidomeda copei
White River Spinedace
speciesLepidomeda albivallis
Little Colorado River Spinedace
speciesLepidomeda vittata
Pahranagat Spinedace
speciesLepidomeda altivelis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 89406.