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Luxilus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cyprinidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Cypriniformes

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Similar
  
Striped shiner, Common shiner, Nocomis, Cyprinella, Lythrurus

Crescent shiner luxilus cerasinus dominating a chub nest


Luxilus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. They are commonly known as highscale shiners. There are currently nine species in the genus.

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Species

  • Luxilus albeolus (D. S. Jordan, 1889) (white shiner)
  • Luxilus cardinalis (Mayden, 1988) (cardinal shiner)
  • Luxilus cerasinus (Cope, 1868) (crescent shiner)
  • Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820 (striped shiner)
  • Luxilus coccogenis (Cope, 1868) (warpaint shiner)
  • Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) (common shiner)
  • Luxilus pilsbryi (Fowler, 1904) (duskystripe shiner)
  • Luxilus zonatus (Putnam, 1863) (bleeding shiner)
  • Luxilus zonistius D. S. Jordan, 1880 (bandfin shiner)

    • References

    Luxilus Wikipedia
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