Chrosomus

Chrosomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Chrosomus Rafinesque, 1820

Chrosomus is a genus of small cyprinid fish found in North America. There are currently five recognized species in this genus.

Species

• 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 oreas Cope, 1868 (Mountain redbelly dace)
• Chrosomus tennesseensis (W. C. Starnes & R. E. Jenkins, 1988) (Tennessee dace)

References

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