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.
Species Chrosomuscontains the following species; +ImageSpeciesCommon nameChrosomus cumberlandensis (W. C. Starnes & L. B. Starnes, 1978)Blackside daceChrosomus eos Cope, 1861Northern redbelly daceChrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820Southern redbelly daceChrosomus neogaeus (Cope, 1867)Finescale daceChrosomus oreas Cope, 1868Mountain redbelly daceChrosomus saylori (Skelton, 2001)Laurel daceChrosomus tennesseensis (W. C. Starnes & R. E. Jenkins, 1988)Tennessee dace References