Laviniinae

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Laviniinae
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Mylopharodon conocephalus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Laviniinae
Bleeker, 1863
Genera

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Laviniinae is a subfamily of the freshwater fish family Leuciscidae, which contains the true minnows. Members of this family are known as western chubs or the western clade (WC) of minnows. As the name suggests, most members of this family are found in western North America aside from Chrosomus, which is found in eastern North America.[1][2]

One of the largest North American cypriniforms and the largest member of Leuciscidae, the Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), belongs to this subfamily.[1]

Genera[]

  • Acrocheilus (chiselmouth)
  • Chrosomus (typical daces)
  • Eremichthys (desert dace)
  • †Evarra (Mexican daces)
  • Gila (western chubs)
  • Hesperoleucus (California roach)
  • Lavinia (hitch)
  • Moapa (moapa dace)
  • Mylopharodon (hardheads)
  • Orthodon (Sacramento blackfish)
  • Ptychocheilus (pikeminnows)
  • Relictus (relict dace)
  • Siphateles

References[]

  1. ^ a b Schönhuth, Susana; Vukić, Jasna; Šanda, Radek; Yang, Lei; Mayden, Richard L. (2018-10-01). "Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Holarctic family Leuciscidae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinoidei)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 781–799. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.026. ISSN 1055-7903.
  2. ^ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamilies LAVINIINAE, PLAGOPTERINAE and POGONICHTHYINAE". The ETYFish Project. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
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