Exoglossum
Sign in to saveExoglossum is a genus of mound-building freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. containing two species, commonly known as cutlip minnows, although the individual species, particularly Exoglossum maxillingua, are also locally known by that name.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Exoglossum is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to Exoglossum maxillingua, Animalia and Chordata.
It is catalogued under topics including Exoglossum, Freshwater fish of North America and Pogonichthyinae.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- CAS, ANSP, ODU
- Recorded in
- China, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyprinidae
- Image
- Cutlipsminnow.jpg
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- Commons category
- Exoglossum
- taxon name
- Exoglossum
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Exoglossum
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Exoglossum is a genus of mound-building freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. containing two species, commonly known as cutlip minnows, although the individual species, particularly Exoglossum maxillingua, are also locally known by that name.
Species of this genus usually range from 3 inches to 18 inches when sexually mature. In many areas these minnows are valued as both panfish and baitfish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Exoglossum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.