The mountain redbelly dace (Chrosomus oreas) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Chrosomus. 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.[2]
Mountain redbelly dace | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Clade: | Laviniinae |
Genus: | Chrosomus |
Species: | C. oreas
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Binomial name | |
Chrosomus oreas Cope, 1867
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chrosomus oreas". FishBase.