Spinedace
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Lepidomeda, commonly known as the spinedaces, is a genus of cyprinid fish found in western North America. Of the four known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the Leatherside chub and the spikedaces (genus Meda), but the phylogeny and indeed the validity of the proposed "plagopterin" clade is insufficiently resolved (Simons & Mayden 1997).
[edit] Species
- Lepidomeda albivallis - White River spinedace
- Lepidomeda altivelis - Pahranagat spinedace (extinct: c.1959)
- Lepidomeda mollispinis - Virgin spinedace
- Lepidomeda vittata
[edit] References
- "Lepidomeda". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Lepidomeda (TSN 163570). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 6 June 2006.
- Simons, Andrew M. & Mayden, Richard L. (1997): Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). Cladistics 13(3): 187-205. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00315.x (HTML abstract)
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