Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae Minnows
Subfamily: Plagopterinae
Genus: Lepidomeda

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6 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Lepidomeda albivallis
[White River spinedace]

Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes

Norrth America
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Lepidomeda aliciae (Jouy, 1881)

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Lepidomeda aliciae
[Southern leatherside chub]
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Max. Length 7.9 cm TL
 
Lepidomeda altivelis
[Pahranagat spinedace]

Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes

North America
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Lepidomeda copei (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881)

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Lepidomeda copei
[Northern leatherside chub]

Photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

North America
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Lepidomeda mollispinis Miller & Hubbs, 1960

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Lepidomeda mollispinis
[Virgin spinedace]

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North America
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Lepidomeda vittata Cope, 1874

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Lepidomeda vittata
[Little Colorado spinedace]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lepidomeda albivallis White River spinedace North America 15 TL 1960
Lepidomeda aliciae Southern leatherside chub Norrth America 15 TL 1881
Lepidomeda altivelis Pahranagat spinedace North America 7.9 TL 1960
Lepidomeda copei Northern leatherside chub North America 15 TL 1881
Lepidomeda mollispinis Virgin spinedace North America 15 TL 1960
Lepidomeda vittata Little Colorado spinedace North America 10 TL 1874



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