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The Rio Grande silvery minnow or Rio Grande minnow (Hybognathus amarus) is a small herbivorous North American fish. It is one of the seven North American members of the genus Hybognathus, in the cyprinid family. The Rio Grande silvery minnow is one of the most endangered fish in North America, according to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Hybognathus amarus (Girard, 1856) (Rio Grande silvery minnow) Hybognathus argyritis Girard, 1856 (Western silvery minnow) Hybognathus hankinsoni C. L. Hubbs, 1929 (Brassy minnow) Hybognathus hayi D. S. Jordan, 1885 (Cypress minnow) Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 1855 (Mississippi silvery minnow) Hybognathus placitus Girard, 1856 (Plains minnow)
The eastern silvery minnow (Hybognathus regius) is a freshwater fish.They are characterized by their lack of barbels. In appearance, they are similar to shiners, but the lower jaw is crescent-shaped rather than U-shaped and there is a secondary loop in the gut, which is sometimes visible through the body wall of preserved specimen.
The silverjaw minnow gets its name from silvery-looking sensory organs along its jaw. [6] The word minnow comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon word for small, myne. [3] The alternate scientific name, Ericymba buccata comes from the Greek word eri, meaning intensifying, the Greek word cymba, meaning cavity, and the Latin word buccata, meaning ...
The western silvery minnow (Hybognathus argyritis) is a freshwater fish native to North America where it is found in the Missouri River basin, the Mississippi River drainage from the mouth of the Missouri River to the mouth of Ohio River, and the South Saskatchewan River in Alberta.
The majority of this fish is covered in silver scales that are very reflective with a large dark stripe down the center of their back. [6] The average minnow length is between 12 and 13 centimetres (4.7 and 5.1 in). The Mississippi silvery minnow has a lateral line on each side of its body. [7]
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The plains minnow is a large minnow in the family Cyprinidae that averages 127 millimetres (5 in) in total length. Their colors range from brown to olive dorsally, silver laterally, and white ventrally. The plains minnow has between 34 and 42 scales and possesses a stripe along the lateral line.