Overview
Family : Minnows or carps ; Inhabits gravel and sand-bottomed flowing pools and runs of fast and usually clear creeks and small rivers .
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Trnenka Mekkotrnn, Trnenka mekkotrnná
Common Names in English:
virgin spinedace
Common Names in Greek:
Virgiana
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
軟刺鱥, 软刺鱥
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
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)
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
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)
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
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)
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
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)
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
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)
- Order:
Cypriniformes
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)
- Family:
Cyprinidae
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)
- Genus:
Lepidomeda
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- Cope, 1874
- Specific name:
mollispinis
- Miller and Hubbs, 1960
- Scientific name: - the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
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Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan,
P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Name
Status: Accepted Name
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Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 12-May-1994Similar Species
[ Back to top ]Members of the genus Lepidomeda
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. albivallis (White River Spinedace) · L. altivelis (Pahranagat Spinedace) · L. copei (Leatherside Chub) · L. mollispinis (Virgin Spinedace) · L. mollispinis mollispinis (Virgin River Spinedace) · L. vittata (Little Colorado Spinedace)
More Info
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Further Reading
[ Back to top ]- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 229.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1978 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 24, p. 266, p. 59.
- Phylogenetic studies of North American minnows: with emphasis on the genus Cyprinella (Teleostei, Cypriniformes) / by Richard L. Mayden. 1989 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1989. url p. 7.
Notes
[ Back to top ]Contributors
- American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Williams, Jeffrey T. (from FishBase).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 130445
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30193
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 163573
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCJB20030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 177943
- Specific name:
mollispinis
- Miller and Hubbs, 1960
- Genus:
Lepidomeda
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- Family:
Cyprinidae
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- Order:
Cypriniformes
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- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
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- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
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- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
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- Class:
Osteichthyes
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- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
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- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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- Phylum:
Chordata
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- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
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