Spinedace


Lepidomeda is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. The fishes in this genus are commonly known as the spinedaces, found in western North America. Of the known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the spikedaces in the genus Meda, but the phylogeny and indeed the validity of the proposed "plagopterin" clade is insufficiently resolved.

Species

The genus contains these species:Lepidomeda albivallis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 Lepidomeda aliciae Lepidomeda altivelis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 Lepidomeda copei Lepidomeda mollispinis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960 Lepidomeda vittata Cope, 1874