Mountain redbelly dace

The mountain redbelly dace (Chrosomus oreas) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Chrosomus. It is found in mountain and Piedmont regions of the Atlantic slope of North America from the Shenandoah River in Virginia, to the Neuse River drainage in North Carolina and the upper New River drainage in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.[2]

Mountain redbelly dace
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Laviniinae
Genus: Chrosomus
Species:
C. oreas
Binomial name
Chrosomus oreas
Cope, 1867
Synonyms
  • Phoxinus neogaeus Cope, 1867
  • Leuciscus neogaeus (Cope, 1867)
  • Pfrille neogaea (Cope, 1867)

References
  1. NatureServe (2013). "Chrosomus oreas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202068A15362544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202068A15362544.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Chrosomus oreas" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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