''Lythrurus'', the finescale shiners, is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the

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, the shiners, daces and minnows. The fishes in this genus are found in

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Taxonomy

''Lythrurus'' was first proposed as a genus in 1876 by the American

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with ''Semotilus diplemia'' as its

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. ''S. diplemia'' had been formally described in 1820 by the French

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. However, ''S. diplemia'' is now regarded as a

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of '' Chrosomus erythrogaster'' and in 1884 Jordan proposed ''Notropis lythrurus'' as the type species, this taxon is a synonym of ''Notropis umbratilis''. If ''S. diplemia'' is the type species then ''Lythrurus'' is a synonym of '' Chrosomus'' and if this taxon is a valid genus then a new name is needed for this taxon. This genus is classified within the subfamily

Pogonichthyinae Pogonichthyinae is a subfamily of the freshwater fish family Leuciscidae, which contains the true minnows. Members of this family are known as American minnows or the North American (NA) clade of minnows. As the name suggests, all members of this ...

of the family

Species

''Lythrurus'' contains teh following valid species: * '' Lythrurus alegnotus'' ( Snelson, 1972) (warrior shiner) * '' Lythrurus ardens'' (

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, 1868) (rosefin shiner) * '' Lythrurus atrapiculus'' (Snelson, 1972) (blacktip shiner) * '' Lythrurus bellus'' ( O. P. Hay, 1881) (pretty shiner) * '' Lythrurus fasciolaris'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (scarletfin shiner, scarlet shiner) * '' Lythrurus fumeus'' ( Evermann, 1892) (ribbon shiner) * '' Lythrurus lirus'' ( D. S. Jordan, 1877) (mountain shiner) * '' Lythrurus matutinus'' (Cope, 1870) (pinewoods shiner) * '' Lythrurus roseipinnis'' ( O. P. Hay, 1885) (cherryfin shiner) * '' Lythrurus snelsoni'' ( H. W. Robison, 1985) (Ouachita shiner) * '' Lythrurus umbratilis'' ( Girard, 1856) (redfin shiner)

References

* Pogonichthyinae Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Leuciscinae-stub