''Hybognathus'' is a genus of freshwater
ray-finned fishes belonging to the
family
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Leuciscidae
Leuciscidae is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes, formerly classified as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae, which contains the true minnows.
Members of the Old World (OW) clade of minnows within this subfamily are known as European minnow ...
, the shiners, daces and minnows. Its members are collectively known as the silvery
minnow
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While ...
s. ''Hybognathus'' are pelagophils that are native to North America. The populations of such pelagophils, including species of ''Hybognathus'', continue to decrease in their natural habitats.
Species
''Hybognathus'' includes the following valid species:
* ''
Hybognathus amarus''
( Girard, 1856) (Rio Grande silvery minnow)
* ''
Hybognathus argyritis''
Girard, 1856 (Western silvery minnow)
* ''
Hybognathus hankinsoni''
C. L. Hubbs, 1929 (Brassy minnow)
* ''
Hybognathus hayi''
D. S. Jordan, 1885 (Cypress minnow)
* ''
Hybognathus nazas''
( Meek, 1904) (Nazas shiner)
* ''
Hybognathus nuchalis''
Agassiz
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, 1855 (Mississippi silvery minnow)
* ''
Hybognathus placitus''
Girard, 1856 (Plains minnow)
* ''
Hybognathus regius''
Girard, 1856 (Eastern silvery minnow)
References
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* Platania, Steven & Mortensen, Jacob & Farrington, Michael & Brandenburg, W. & Dudley, Robert. (2020). Dispersal of stocked Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus amarus) in the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist. 64. 31. 10.1894/0038-4909-64-1-31.
Pogonichthyinae
Fish of North America
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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