''Ericymba'' is a

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fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...

in the

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Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest v ...

. They are native to North America.Yang, L., Sado, T., Hirt, M.V., Pasco-Viel, E., Arunachalam, M., Li, J., Wang, X., Freyhof, J., Saitoh, K., Simons, A.M., Miya, M., He, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2015): Phylogeny and polyploidy: Resolving the classification of cyprinine fishes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 85: 97-116.'' This genus is treated as a

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of '' Notropis'' by some authorities.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: * '' Ericymba amplamala'' (

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& Armbruster, 2006) (Longjaw minnow) * '' Ericymba buccata''

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, 1865 (Silverjaw minnow)

References

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