Laviniinae is a clade of the subfamily Leuciscinae, treated as a subfamily of the freshwater fish family Leuciscidae by some authorities, which contains the true minnows. Members of this clade are known as western chubs or the western clade (WC) of minnows. As the name suggests, most members of this clade are found in western North America aside from Chrosomus, which is found in eastern North America.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Laviniinae Bleeker, 1863 |
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One of the largest North American cypriniforms and the largest member of Leuciscidae, the Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), belongs to this subfamily.[1]
Genera
edit- Acrocheilus (chiselmouth)
- Chrosomus (typical daces)
- Eremichthys (desert dace)
- †Evarra (Mexican daces)
- Gila (western chubs)
- Hesperoleucus (California roach)
- Lavinia (hitch)
- Moapa (moapa dace)
- Mylopharodon (hardheads)
- Orthodon (Sacramento blackfish)
- Ptychocheilus (pikeminnows)
- Relictus (relict dace)
- Siphateles
References
edit- ^ a b Schönhuth, Susana; Vukić, Jasna; Šanda, Radek; Yang, Lei; Mayden, Richard L. (2018-10-01). "Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Holarctic family Leuciscidae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinoidei)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 781–799. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.026. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29913311. S2CID 49292104.
- ^ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamilies LAVINIINAE, PLAGOPTERINAE and POGONICHTHYINAE". The ETYFish Project. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2020-11-27.