Opsopoeodus emiliae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Leuciscidae
Subfamilia: Leuciscinae
Genus: Opsopoeodus
Species: Opsopoeodus emiliae

Name

Opsopoeodus emiliae Hay, 1881: 507

Syntypes: SU 620 (1, lost); UF 113784 [ex Bulter Univ. 110] (1), 115522 [ex Butler Univ. 111] (1); USNM 27429 (several, now 0).

Type locality: Artesia; Macon; and Enterprise, Mississippi, U.S.A.

References

• Hay, O.P. 1881: On a collection of fishes from eastern Mississippi. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3 (179): 488–515.
• Page, L.M. & C.E. Johnston 1990: The breeding behavior of Opsopoeodus emiliae (Cyprinidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Copeia, 1990 (4): 1176–1180.
• Rebecca E. Blanton, Lawrence M. Page & Bradley M. Ennis 2011: Phylogenetic Relationships of Opsopoeodus emiliae, with Comments on the Taxonomic Implications of Discordance among Datasets. Copeia, 2011 (1): 82–92. DOI: 10.1643/CI-10-004

Vernacular names

English: Pugnose minnow