Pogonichthys, the splitails, is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. These fishes are native to western North America.
| Pogonichthys | |
|---|---|
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| Sacramento splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Pogonichthys Girard, 1854[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pogonichthys inaequilobus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Symmetrurus Jordan, 1878 | |
The common name is inspired by the distinctive appearance of the tail fin, in which the upper lobe is distinctly larger.
Of the two species, only the Sacramento splittail survives; the Clear Lake splittail became extinct in the mid-1970s.
Species
editPogonichthys contains the following species:[2]
- †Pogonichthys ciscoides Hopkirk, 1974 (Clear Lake splittail)
- Pogonichthys macrolepidotus (Ayres, 1854) (Sacramento splittail)
References
edit- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pogonichthyinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pogonichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pogonichthys". FishBase. August 2011 version.
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