Luxilus

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Luxilus is a genus of North American freshwater minnows in the family Leuciscidae, commonly found in streams and rivers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Luxilus canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToGroup minnows ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName highscale shiners ⓘ
conservationStatus most species least concern (varies by species) ⓘ
describedBy Barton Warren Evermann ⓘ
David Starr Jordan ⓘ
diet aquatic insects ⓘ
small invertebrates ⓘ
distribution North America ⓘ
ecologicalRole small insectivorous fish ⓘ
environment temperate freshwater systems ⓘ
family Leuciscidae ⓘ
habitat freshwater ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
streams ⓘ
hasCharacteristic large scales ⓘ
laterally compressed body ⓘ
often with distinct lateral stripe ⓘ
hasSpecies Luxilus albeolus ⓘ
Luxilus cardinalis ⓘ
Luxilus cerasinus ⓘ
Luxilus chrysocephalus ⓘ
Luxilus coccogenis ⓘ
Luxilus cornutus ⓘ
Luxilus goodpasturei ⓘ
Luxilus pilsbryi ⓘ
Luxilus rutilus ⓘ
Luxilus similis ⓘ
Luxilus zonatus ⓘ
Luxilus zonistius ⓘ
linked to: Luxilus zonatus
higherClassification Cyprinidae sensu lato ⓘ
linked to: Cyprinidae
isSubjectOf North American freshwater fish field guides ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
memberOf Leuciscinae ⓘ
linked to: Leuciscidae
nativeTo Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
order Cypriniformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction egg-laying ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
usedFor ecological monitoring of stream health ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leuciscidae → containsGenus → Luxilus ⓘ