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Spinedace

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Leuciscinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Cypriniformes

Family
  
Cyprinidae

Scientific name
  
Lepidomeda

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Virgin spinedace, Little Colorado spinedace, White River spinedace, Pahranagat spinedace

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.

Contents

White river spinedace


Species

The genus contains these species:

  • Lepidomeda albivallis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 (White River spinedace)
  • †Lepidomeda altivelis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 (Pahranagat spinedace)
  • Lepidomeda mollispinis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 (Virgin spinedace)
  • Lepidomeda vittata Cope, 1874 (Little Colorado spinedace)

    • References

    Spinedace Wikipedia
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