bio.wikisort.org - Animal

Margariscus, known as the pearl daces, is a genus of leusiscid fishes found in North America. There are currently two recognized species in this genus. Margariscus comes from the Greek word margariskos, meaning pearl.

Margariscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Plagopterinae
Genus:	Margariscus Cockerell, 1909

Species

• Margariscus margarita (Cope, 1867) (Allegheny pearl dace)
• Margariscus nachtriebi (Cox, 1896) (Northern pearl dace)

References

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

---