''Chrosomus'' is a genus of freshwater

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

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 ...

, which includes the daces, chubs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. These fishes have sometimes been included in Eurasian minnow genus '' Phoxinus''. They are the only members of the predominantly western subfamily

Laviniinae Laviniinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the family which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. Members of this subfamily are known as western chubs or the wester ...

that are found in eastern North America.

Species

''Chrosomus''contains the following species;

References

* Laviniinae Fish of North America Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Leuciscinae-stub