Richardsonius is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of two species native to western North America. Commonly known as redside shiners, that term is also used to refer to Richardsonius balteatus specifically. The genus is named after naturalist Sir John Richardson (1787–1865), who described R. balteatus in 1836.
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| Richardsonius balteatus hydrophloe | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Richardsonius Girard, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus (Abramis) balteatus Richardson, 1836
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Species
edit- Richardsonius balteatus (J. Richardson, 1836) (Redside shiner)
- Richardsonius egregius (Girard, 1858) (Lahontan redside)
References
edit- "Richardsonius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Richardsonius". FishBase. August 2011 version.
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