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Luxilus coccogenis

(warpaint shiner)

Overview

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Family : Minnows or carps ; Inhabits gravel and rubble riffles and adjacent pools of clear, fast creeks and small to medium rivers .

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Czech:

Luxilus Alabamsk, Luxilus alabamský

Common Names in English:

warpaint shiner

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

猩紅閃光美洲鱥, 猩红闪光美洲鱥

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Hypsilepis coccogenisHypsilepis coccogenis Cope • Hypsilepis coccogenis Cope, 1868 • Luxilus coccogenisLuxilus coccogenis (Cope, 1868) • Notropis brimleyi Bean • Notropis coccogenis (Cope

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 16-May-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Luxilus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. albeolus (White Shiner) · L. cardinalis (Cardinal Shiner) · L. cerasinus (Crescent Shiner) · L. chrysocephalus (Striped Shiner) · L. chrysocephalus chrysocephalus (Central Striped Shiner) · L. coccogenis (Warpaint Shiner) · L. cornutus (Common Shiner) · L. dissimilis (Streamline Chub) · L. elongatus (Redside Dace) · L. erythrogaster (Southern Redbelly Dace) · L. pilsbryi (Duskystripe Shiner) · L. zonatus (Bleeding Heart Tetra) · L. zonistius (Bandfin Frogfish)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

Identifiers

Last Revised: 7/14/2012