Chrosomus

Chrosomus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. These fishes have sometimes been included in Eurasian minnow genus Phoxinus. They are the only members of the predominantly western subfamily Laviniinae that are found in eastern North America.^[2]

Chrosomus
Chrosomus erythrogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Laviniinae
Genus:	Chrosomus Rafinesque, 1820[1]
Type species
Luxilus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820[1]
Synonyms[1]
Parchrosomus Gasowska, 1979 Pfrille D. S. Jordan, 1924

Species

Chrosomuscontains the following species;^[3]

Image	Species	Common name
	Chrosomus cumberlandensis (W. C. Starnes & L. B. Starnes, 1978)	Blackside dace
	Chrosomus eos Cope, 1861	Northern redbelly dace
	Chrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820	Southern redbelly dace
	Chrosomus neogaeus (Cope, 1867)	Finescale dace
	Chrosomus oreas Cope, 1868	Mountain redbelly dace
	Chrosomus saylori (Skelton, 2001)	Laurel dace
	Chrosomus tennesseensis (W. C. Starnes & R. E. Jenkins, 1988)	Tennessee dace