The cheat minnow (Pararhinichthys bowersi) is a demersal, freshwater fish endemic to the United States, most commonly found in the Ohio River basin.[1]
| Cheat minnow | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Pararhinichthys Goldsborough & H. W. Clark, 1908 |
| Species: | P. bowersi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pararhinichthys bowersi (Goldsborough & H. W. Clark, 1908)
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| Synonyms | |
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Rhinichthys bowersi Goldsborough & Clark, 1908 | |
It is the only species in the genus Pararhinichthys. Its taxonomic status is debatable and Pararhinichthys bowersi is most likely to refer to an F1 hybrid of Rhinichthys cataractae and Nocomis micropogon.[2][3]
References edit
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- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Pararhinichthys bowersi" in FishBase. December 2017 version.
- ^ "Pararhinichthys bowersi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Cooper JE (1980). "Egg, Larval and Juvenile Development of Longnose Dace, Rhinichthys cataractae, and River Chub, Nocomis micropogon, with Notes on Their Hybridization". Copeia. 1980 (3): 469–478.
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