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Squalius photogenis

(Silver shiner)

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Common Names

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Common Names in Czech:

Jeleček stříbrotělý

Common Names in English:

Silver shiner

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

銀美洲鱥, 银美洲鱥

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
        Class: Actinopterygii () - Huxley, 1880
        Subclass: Actinopterygii ()
        Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
        Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
        Order: Cypriniformes ()
        Family: Cyprinidae ()
        Genus: Squalius ()
        Specific name: photogenis
        Scientific name: - Squalius photogenis

Synonyms

Notropis photogenis • Notropis photogenis (Cope, 1865)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Squalius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. albus (Trasimeno Chub) · S. aphipsi (Kuban Stream Chub) · S. borysthenicus (Dneiper Carp) · S. cephalus (European Chub) · S. copei (Leatherside Chub) · S. danilewskii (Danilevskii's Dace) · S. delineatus (Moderlieschen) · S. laietanus (Catalan Chub) · S. moreoticus (Stymphalia Chub) · S. orpheus (Maritza Chub) · S. pamvoticus (Pamvotis Chub) · S. peloponensis (Peloponnese Chub) · S. photogenis (Silver Shiner) · S. pictus (Albanian Roach) · S. pyrenaicus (Iberian-Chub) · S. spurius (Syr-Darya Dace) · S. sp. nov. 'Aoos' (Aoos Chub) · S. sp. nov. 'Evia' (Evia Chub) · S. squalus (Cavedano Chub) · S. tenellus (Livno Masnica) · S. vardarensis (Vardar Chub)

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Further Reading

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... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 344.
Bulletin - United States National Museum. 1878 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 23.
Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 252.
Contributions to North American ichthyology. Based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1877-78. url p. 23, p. 65.
Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 296.
Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 259, p. 259.
Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 123.
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 24 1883 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 201, p. 23.
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 174.
The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 344.

Notes

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Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 172264
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4008446

Last Revised: 2012-07-28