Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae Minnows
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Pogonichthys

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Max. Length 36 cm TL

 
Pogonichthys ciscoides
[Clear Lake splittail]

Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes

North America
Max. Length 44 cm TL
Pogonichthys macrolepidotus (Ayres, 1854)

Photo by Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes
 
Pogonichthys macrolepidotus
[Splittail]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pogonichthys ciscoides Clear Lake splittail North America 36 TL 1974
Pogonichthys macrolepidotus Splittail North America 44 TL 1854



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