Northern redbelly dace

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Northern redbelly dace
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Phoxinus
Species: P. eos
Binomial name
Phoxinus eos

The northern redbelly dace, Phoxinus eos, is a freshwater cyprinid fish, generally found in lakes and small streams in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. The fish can reach lengths of up to 5 cm (2 inches). The species hybridises freely with the closely related finescale dace, Phoxinus neogaeus.

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