Pimephales, commonly known as the bluntnose minnows (a term used locally to refer to Pimephales notatus specifically), is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. All of the four species are small fish, with P. notatus being the largest at 11 cm. (about 4.3 in.) These minnows can be found all over North America and are commonly used as fish bait.
| Pimephales | |
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| Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Pimephales Rafinesque, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820
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| Synonyms | |
Species
edit- Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) (bluntnose minnow)
- Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (fathead minnow)
- Pimephales tenellus (Girard, 1856) (slim minnow)
- Pimephales vigilax (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853) (bullhead minnow)
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pimephales". FishBase. August 2011 version.
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