Plagopterinae Explained

Plagopterinae is a subfamily of the freshwater fish family Leuciscidae, which contains the true minnows. Members of this family are known as creek chubs or the creek chub-plagopterin (CC-P) clade of minnows. All members of this family are found in North America, and it includes among the northernmost-distributed of all North American minnows, the lake chub.^{[1] [2]}

Genera

• Couesius (lake chub)
• Hemitremia (flame chub)
• Lepidomeda (spinedaces)
• Margariscus (pearl daces)
• Meda (spikedace)
• Plagopterus (woundfin)
• Semotilus (creek chubs)

Notes and References

1. Schönhuth. Susana. Vukić. Jasna. Šanda. Radek. Yang. Lei. Mayden. Richard L.. 2018-10-01. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Holarctic family Leuciscidae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinoidei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. en. 127. 781–799. 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.026. 29913311. 49292104. 1055-7903.
2. Web site: 2018-10-17. Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamilies PSEUDASPININAE, LEUCISCINAE and PHOXININAE. 2020-11-27. The ETYFish Project. en-US.