Hybognathus

Hybognathus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Its members are collectively known as the silvery minnows. Hybognathus are pelagophils that are native to North America. The populations of such pelagophils, including species of Hybognathus, continue to decrease in their natural habitats.[1]

Hybognathus
Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Hybognathus
Agassiz, 1855
Type species
Hybognathus nuchalis
Agassiz, 1855
Species

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Synonyms
  • Algoma Girard, 1856
  • Tirodon Hay, 1882

Species

References

  1. Platania, Steven P.; Mortensen, Jacob G.; Farrington, Michael A.; Brandenburg, W. Howard; Dudley, Robert K. (2020-01-06). "DISPERSAL OF STOCKED RIO GRANDE SILVERY MINNOW (HYBOGNATHUS AMARUS) IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE, NEW MEXICO". The Southwestern Naturalist. 64 (1): 31. doi:10.1894/0038-4909-64-1-31. ISSN 0038-4909.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Hybognathus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
  • Platania, Steven & Mortensen, Jacob & Farrington, Michael & Brandenburg, W. & Dudley, Robert. (2020). Dispersal of stocked Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus amarus) in the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist. 64. 31. 10.1894/0038-4909-64-1-31.


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