''Luxilus'' is a genus of
cyprinid
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 ver ...
fish found in
North America. They are commonly known as highscale shiners. There are currently nine species in the genus.
Species
* ''
Luxilus albeolus''
( D. S. Jordan, 1889) (white shiner)
* ''
Luxilus cardinalis''
( Mayden, 1988) (cardinal shiner)
* ''
Luxilus cerasinus''
(Cope
The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.
A c ...
, 1868) (crescent shiner)
* ''
Luxilus chrysocephalus''
Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimat ...
, 1820 (striped shiner)
* ''
Luxilus coccogenis''
(Cope
The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.
A c ...
, 1868) (warpaint shiner)
* ''
Luxilus cornutus''
( Mitchill, 1817) (common shiner)
* ''
Luxilus pilsbryi''
( Fowler, 1904) (duskystripe shiner)
* ''
Luxilus zonatus''
( Putnam, 1863) (bleeding shiner)
* ''
Luxilus zonistius''
D. S. Jordan, 1880 (bandfin shiner)
References
*
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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