''Ericymba'' is a
genus of
fish in the
family 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 verte ...
. 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
synonym
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...
of ''
Notropis'' by some authorities.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Ericymba amplamala''
(Pera Pera may refer to:
Places
* Pera (Beyoğlu), a district in Istanbul formerly called Pera, now called Beyoğlu
** Galata, a neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, often referred to as Pera in the past
* Pêra (Caparica), a Portuguese locality in the district of ...
& Armbruster, 2006) (Longjaw minnow)
* ''
Ericymba buccata''
Cope, 1865 (Silverjaw minnow)
References
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