Luxilus
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Luxilus, the highscale shiners, is a genus of cyprinid
fish found in North America
. There are currently nine species in this genus.
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish found in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. There are currently nine species in this genus.
Species
- Luxilus albeolus (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
, 1889) (white shiner) - Luxilus cardinalis (Mayden, 1988) (cardinal shiner)
- Luxilus cerasinus (CopeEdward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen...
, 1868) (crescent shiner) - Luxilus chrysocephalusLuxilus chrysocephalusThe common name of Luxilus chrysocephalus is the striped shiner. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee....
Rafinesque, 1820 (striped shiner) - Luxilus coccogenisLuxilus coccogenisLuxilus coccogenis, also known as the warpaint shiner, is a species of freshwater fish found in North America. The warpaint shiner is common in the upper Tennessee River basin as well as in the Savannah River, the Santee River, and the New River in North Carolina. Adults have a mean length of and...
(CopeEdward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen...
, 1868) (warpaint shiner) - Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) (common shiner)
- Luxilus pilsbryi (FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1904) (duskystripe shiner) - Luxilus zonatus (PutnamFrederic Ward PutnamFrederic Ward Putnam was an American naturalist and anthropologist.-Biography:...
, 1863) (bleeding shiner) - Luxilus zonistius D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
, 1880 (bandfin shiner)