''Hybognathus'' is a genus of freshwater

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belonging to the

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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

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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 The brassy minnow (''Hybognathus hankinsoni'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The fish gets its scientific name (''Hybognathus hankinsoni'') from the Greek word Hy ...

'' C. L. Hubbs, 1929 (Brassy minnow) * ''

Hybognathus hayi The Cypress minnow (''Hybognathus hayi'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States where it occurs in the Mississippi and Ohio drainages as w ...

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, 1885 (Cypress minnow) * ''

Hybognathus nazas The Nazas shiner (''Hybognathus nazas'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners. daces and minnows. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from endorheic An endorheic basin ( ; also endor ...

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, 1904) (Nazas shiner) * ''

Hybognathus nuchalis ''Hybognathus'' is a genus of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. Its members are collectively known as the silvery minnows. ''Hybognathus'' are pelag ...

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, 1855 (Mississippi silvery minnow) * ''

Hybognathus placitus The plains minnow (''Hybognathus placitus'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is a large minnow that was once a common bait fish. The plains minnow requires shallow, ...

'' Girard, 1856 (Plains minnow) * ''

Hybognathus regius The eastern silvery minnow (''Hybognathus regius'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae Leuciscidae is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes, formerly classified as a subfamily of the Cyprinida ...

'' Girard, 1856 (Eastern silvery minnow)

References

* * 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 {{Leuciscinae-stub