Riffle minnow

For the Eurasian species alternatively called riffle minnow, see Alburnoides bipunctatus.

Riffle minnow
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Phenacobius
Species:	P. catostomus
Binomial name
Phenacobius catostomus D. S. Jordan, 1877[2]

The riffle minnow (Phenacobius catostomus) is a North American species of cyprinid freshwater fish. It inhabits riffles in warm streams of medium to large size, in the states of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, above the Fall Line.[3] Long and slender, it averages about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) in length.[3] The riffle minnow is olive on top, and white below.[3]

This fish is not to be confused with Alburnoides bipunctatus, which is also known as riffle minnow, but lives in Europe and Asia.[4]

References

1. NatureServe (2013). "Phenacobius catostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202343A18233036. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202343A18233036.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. University of Tennessee, Division of Biology, accessed via Archive.org.
3. Goldstein, Robert et al. American Aquarium Fishes, p. 134 (Texas A&M University Press, 2000).
4. "Alburnoides bipunctatus", eunis.eea.europa.eu, European Environment Agency, Vernacular names