''Lepidomeda'' 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, 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 Meda may refer to:
Places
* Meda de Mouros, a parish in Tábua Municipality, Portugal
* Medas, a parish in Gondomar Municipality, Portugal
* Meda-Ela, Sri Lanka
* Međa (Leskovac), village in the municipality of Leskovac, Serbia
* Meda, Lombardy ...
''), but the
phylogeny
A phylogenetic tree (also phylogeny or evolutionary tree Felsenstein J. (2004). ''Inferring Phylogenies'' Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA.) is a branching diagram or a tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological spe ...
and indeed the validity of the proposed "plagopterin"
clade is insufficiently resolved.
[(Simons & Mayden 1997).]
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
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
& 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
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 ...
, 1874 (
Little Colorado spinedace)
References
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