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phoxinus (dict)
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Phoxinus(see text) Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820, is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (family Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. The type species is Phoxinus phoxinus, the Eurasian minnow. One species, the blackside dace (P. cumberlandensis), indigenous to the upper Cumberland River basin in Kentucky and Tennessee, is considered Vulnerable. Members of genus Phoxinus are sometimes called redbelly daces. Note: FishBase gives author as Agassiz, 1835. Species References
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