Mountain redbelly dace

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Mountain redbelly dace
Chrosomus oreas 1.jpg
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Genus: Chrosomus
Species:
C. oreas
Binomial name
Chrosomus oreas
Cope, 1868
Synonyms [3]
  • Phoxinus oreas(Cope, 1868)

The mountain redbelly dace (Chrosomus oreas) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs and related fishes. [3] It is found in mountain and Piedmont regions of the Atlantic slope of North America from the Shenandoah River in Virginia, to the Neuse River drainage in North Carolina and the upper New River drainage in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. [4]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Chrosomus oreas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T202068A15362544. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202068A15362544.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ G. Hammerson (21 September 2004). "Chrosomus oreas Mountain Redbelly Dace". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe . Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chrosomus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chrosomus oreas". FishBase . February 2025 version.
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