Luxilus

Luxilus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. They are commonly known as highscale shiners. There are currently nine species in the genus.

Species

  • Luxilus albeolus (D. S. Jordan, 1889) (white shiner)
  • Luxilus cardinalis (Mayden, 1988) (cardinal shiner)
  • Luxilus cerasinus (Cope, 1868) (crescent shiner)
  • Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820 (striped shiner)
  • Luxilus coccogenis (Cope, 1868) (warpaint shiner)
  • Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) (common shiner)
  • Luxilus pilsbryi (Fowler, 1904) (duskystripe shiner)
  • Luxilus zonatus (Putnam, 1863) (bleeding shiner)
  • Luxilus zonistius D. S. Jordan, 1880 (bandfin shiner)
  • References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Luxilus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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