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Laviniinae

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Gila
genus of fishes
Desert dace
species of fish
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.
Sacramento blackfish
species of fish
Ptychocheilus
Ptychocheilus, the pikeminnows or squawfish, is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows, and related species. These fishes are native to western North America. Voracious predators, they are considered an "undesirable" species in many waters, largely due to the species' perceived tendency to prey upon small trout and salmon. First known in western science by the common name Columbia River dace, the four species all became lumped under the name "squawfish". In 1999, the American Fisheries Society adopted "pike
Lavinia exilicauda
species of fish
Evarra
Evarra was a genus of small ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae. All species in the genus were restricted to waters in the Valley of Mexico and are now extinct due to habitat loss (their habitat dried out with remaining waters in the region highly polluted).
Siphateles
Siphateles is a genus of fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, native to the Western United States. They were formerly placed in the genus Gila.