Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cyprinoidei
Familia: Leuciscidae
Subfamilia: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Pimephales
Species: P. notatus – P. promelas – P. tenellus – P. vigilax
Name
Pimephales Rafinesque, 1829
Synonymy
Ceraticthys Baird & Girard, 1853 ZooBank
Cochlognathus Baird & Girard, 1854
Hyborhynchus Agassiz, 1855
Cliola Girard, 1856
Coliscus Cope, 1871
Hypargyrus Forbes, 1884
Spinicephalus Lesueur, 1896
References
Baird, S.F. & Girard, C.F. 1853. Descriptions of new species of fishes, collected by captains R. B. Marcy, and Geo. B. M'Clellan, in Arkansas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 390–392. JSTOR Open access. BHL Reference page.
Schönhuth, S., Beachum, C.E., Knouft, J.H. & Mayden, R.L. 2016. Phylogeny and genetic variation within the widely distributed Bluntnose Minnow, Pimephales notatus (Cyprinidae), in North America. Zootaxa 4168(1): 38–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.2 Reference page.
Links
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Pimephales, commonly known as the bluntnose minnows (a term used locally to refer to Pimephales notatus specifically), is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. All of the four species are small fish, with P. notatus being the largest at 11 cm. (about 4.3 in.) These minnows can be found all over North America and are commonly used as fish bait.
Species
Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) (bluntnose minnow)
Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (fathead minnow)
Pimephales tenellus (Girard, 1856) (slim minnow)
Pimephales vigilax (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853) (bullhead minnow)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Pimephales in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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