Luxilus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. They are commonly known as highscale shiners. There are currently nine species in the genus.
| Highscale shiners | |
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| Warpaint shiner (Luxilus coccogenis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Luxilus Rafinesque, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
Species edit
- Luxilus albeolus (D. S. Jordan, 1889) (white shiner)
- Luxilus cardinalis (Mayden, 1988) (cardinal shiner)
- Luxilus cerasinus (Cope, 1868) (crescent shiner)
- Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820 (striped shiner)
- Luxilus coccogenis (Cope, 1868) (warpaint shiner)
- Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) (common shiner)
- Luxilus pilsbryi (Fowler, 1904) (duskystripe shiner)
- Luxilus zonatus (Putnam, 1863) (bleeding shiner)
- Luxilus zonistius D. S. Jordan, 1880 (bandfin shiner)
References edit
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Luxilus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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