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Luxilus
Luxilus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The species in this genus are found in North America. They are commonly known as highscale shiners.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatfreshwater
Vissen Luxilus is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van karpers (Cyprinidae). Soorten Luxilus albeolus (Jordan, 1889) Luxilus cardinalis (Mayden, 1988) Luxilus cerasinus (Cope, 1868) Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820 Luxilus coccogenis (Cope, 1868) Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) Luxilus pilsbryi (Fowler, 1904) Luxilus zonatus (Putnam, 1863) Luxilus zonistius Jordan, 1880
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Luxilus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The species in this genus are found in North America. They are commonly known as highscale shiners.
== Species == Luxilus contains the following valid species: Luxilus albeolus (D. S. Jordan, 1889) (white shiner) Luxilus cardinalis (Mayden, 1988) (cardinal shiner) Luxilus cerasinus (Cope, 1868) (crescent shiner) Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820 (striped shiner) Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) (common shiner) Luxilus pilsbryi (Fowler, 1904) (duskystripe shiner) Luxilus zonatus (Putnam, 1863) (bleeding shiner)