Pogonichthys

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Pogonichthys
Splittail, Pogonichthys macrolepidotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Pogonichthys Girard, 1854
Species
See text.

The splittails are a genus Pogonichthys of cyprinid fish, consisting of two species native to western North America.

The common name is inspired by the distinctive appearance of the tail fin, in which the upper lobe is distinctly larger.

Of the two species, only the splittail P. macrolepidotus survives; the Clear Lake splittail P. ciscoides became extinct in the mid-1970s.

[edit] Species

• Pogonichthys ciscoides
• Pogonichthys macrolepidotus

[edit] References

• Pogonichthys (TSN 163601). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 6 June 2006.
• "Pogonichthys". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. April 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.