Phenacobius catostomus

Phenacobius catostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Phenacobius
Species: P. catostomus
Binomial name
Phenacobius catostomus
D. S. Jordan, 1877[1]

Phenacobius catostomus, commonly known as the riffle minnow, is a North American species of cyprinid freshwater fish. It inhabits riffles in warm streams of medium to large size, in the states of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, above the fall line.[2] Long and slender, it averages about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) in length.[2] The riffle minnow is olive on top, and white below.[2]

This fish is not to be confused with Alburnoides bipunctatus, which is also known as riffle minnow, but lives in Europe and Asia.[3]

References

  1. University of Tennessee, Division of Biology, accessed via Archive.org.
  2. 1 2 3 Goldstein, Robert et al. American Aquarium Fishes, p. 134 (Texas A&M University Press, 2000).
  3. "Alburnoides bipunctatus", eunis.eea.europa.eu, European Environment Agency, Vernacular names
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