The splittails are a genus Pogonichthys of cyprinid fish, consisting of two species native to western North America.
| Pogonichthys | |
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| Sacramento splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Pogonichthys Girard, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Pogonichthys inaequilobus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Symmetrurus Jordan, 1878 | |
The common name is inspired by the distinctive appearance of the tail fin, in which the upper lobe is distinctly larger.
Of the two species, only the Sacramento splittail survives; the Clear Lake splittail became extinct in the mid-1970s.
Species edit
- †Pogonichthys ciscoides Hopkirk, 1974 (Clear Lake splittail)
- Pogonichthys macrolepidotus (Ayres, 1854) (Sacramento splittail)
References edit
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Pogonichthys in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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