Hydrophlox

Hydrophlox
Saffron shiner (Hydrophlox rubricroceus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Hydrophlox D. S. Jordan, 1878 [1]
Type species
Hybopsis rubricroceus Cope, 1868 [1]

Hydrophlox is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This fishes in this genus are found in North America.

Species

Hydrophlox contains the following species: ^[2]

• Hydrophlox chiliticus (Cope, 1870) (Redlip shiner)
• Hydrophlox chlorocephalus (Cope, 1870) (Greenhead shiner)
• Hydrophlox chrosomus (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Rainbow shiner)
• Hydrophlox lutipinnis Jordan & Brayton, 1878 (Yellowfin shiner)
• Hydrophlox rubricroceus (Cope, 1868) (Saffron shiner)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pogonichthyinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 March 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hydrophlox". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 March 2025.