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Chrosomus is a genus of small cyprinid fish found in freshwater habitats in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. There are currently seven recognized species in this genus. They have sometimes been included in Phoxinus. They are the only members of the predominantly western subfamily Laviniinae that are found in eastern North America.[1]

Chrosomus
Chrosomus erythrogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Laviniinae
Genus:	Chrosomus Rafinesque, 1820
Type species
Luxilus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820
Synonyms
Parchrosomus Gasowska, 1979 Pfrille Jordan, 1924

Species

• Chrosomus cumberlandensis (W. C. Starnes & L. B. Starnes, 1978) (Blackside dace)
• Chrosomus eos Cope, 1861 (Northern redbelly dace)
• Chrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque, 1820 (Southern redbelly dace)
• Chrosomus neogaeus (Cope, 1867) (Finescale dace)
• Chrosomus oreas Cope, 1868 (Mountain redbelly dace)
• Chrosomus saylori (Skelton, 2001) (Laurel dace)
• Chrosomus tennesseensis (W. C. Starnes & R. E. Jenkins, 1988) (Tennessee dace)

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Chrosomus in FishBase. August 2011 version.

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