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Tirodon Hay, 1882. Hybognathus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Its members are collectively known as the silvery minnows. Hybognathus are pelagophils that are native to North America. The populations of such pelagophils, including species of Hybognathus, continue to decrease in their natural habitats. [1]
Algoma fluviatilis Girard, 1856. 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 ...
The brassy minnow (Hybognathus hankinsoni) is a species of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. The family Cyprinidae consists of mainly freshwater minnows and carps. The fish gets its scientific name (Hybognathus hankinsoni) from the Greek word Hybognathus, meaning bulging jaw, and hankinsoni from the American scientist, T.L. Hankinson. [2 ...
Hybognathus osmerinus Cope, 1870. 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 ...
Tirodon amnigenus Hay, 1882. The plains minnow ( Hybognathus placitus) is one of the 324 fish species found in central United States . It is a large minnow that was once a common bait fish. The plains minnow requires shallow, slow-moving streams to complete its life cycle. Pollution, dams, and introduced sport fish have caused populations to ...
H. argyritis. Binomial name. Hybognathus argyritis. Girard, 1856. 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.
H. hayi. Binomial name. Hybognathus hayi. D. S. Jordan, 1885. The Cypress minnow ( Hybognathus hayi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the carp family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the United States where it occurs in the Mississippi and Ohio drainages as well as some other rivers which drain into the Gulf of Mexico .
Synonyms. Tirodon amnigenus Hay, 1882. The Mississippi silvery minnow (Hybognathus nuchalis) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee. Relative to other minnows, the Mississippi Silvery Minnow is a large minnow. These minnows require a body of water with little to no current.