Cheat minnow

Cheat minnow
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pogonichthyinae
Hybrid:	Nocomis micropogon × Rhinichthys cataractae
Synonyms
Rhinichthys bowersiGoldsborough & Clark, 1908 Pararhinichthys bowsersi(Goldsborough & Clark, 1908)

The cheat minnow is a hybrid demersal, freshwater fish endemic to the United States, most commonly found in the Ohio River basin. ^[1] Originally considered the only species in the genus Pararhinichthys as Pararhinichthys bowersi, more recent studies suggest that it is an F1 hybrid of Rhinichthys cataractae and Nocomis micropogon . ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} It is no longer recognized as a distinct taxon by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes . ^[6]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pararhinichthys bowersi". FishBase . December 2017 version.
2. "Pararhinichthys bowersi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 8 September 2023.
3. Cooper JE (1980). "Egg, Larval and Juvenile Development of Longnose Dace, Rhinichthys cataractae, and River Chub, Nocomis micropogon, with Notes on Their Hybridization". Copeia. 1980 (3): 469–478. doi:10.2307/1444524. JSTOR   1444524.
4. Poly, William J.; Sabaj, Mark H. (1998). "Lack of Evidence for the Validity of Rhinichthys bowersi (Cyprinidae)". Copeia. 1998 (4): 1081–1085. doi:10.2307/1447363. ISSN   0045-8511.
5. Tan, Milton; Armbruster, Jonathan W. (2018-09-13). "Phylogenetic classification of extant genera of fishes of the order Cypriniformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi)". Zootaxa. 4476 (1): 6–39. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4476.1.4. ISSN   1175-5334.
6. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 March 2025.