Spinedace
Lepidomeda is a genus of cyprinid fish, commonly known as the spinedaces, found in western North America. Of the four known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the leatherside chub and the spikedaces (genus Meda), but the phylogeny and indeed the validity of the proposed "plagopterin" clade is insufficiently resolved.[1]
| Spinedaces | |
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| Lepidomeda vittata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Lepidomeda Cope, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Lepidomeda vittata Cope, 1874 | |
| Species | |
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6, see text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Snyderichthys Miller, 1945 | |
Species
The genus contains these species:
- Lepidomeda albivallis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 (White River spinedace)
- Lepidomeda aliciae (Jouy, 1881) southern leatherside chub
- Lepidomeda copei(Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) northern leatherside chub
- †Lepidomeda altivelis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 (Pahranagat spinedace)
- Lepidomeda mollispinis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 (virgin spinedace)
- Lepidomeda vittata Cope, 1874 (Little Colorado spinedace)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Lepidomeda in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- (Simons & Mayden 1997).
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