Pimephales

Pimephales
Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Pimephales Rafinesque, 1820
Type species
Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820
Synonyms
Ceraticthys Baird & Girard, 1853 Cliola Girard,1856 Cochlognathus Baird & Girard, 1854 Coliscus Cope, 1871 Hyborhynchus Agassiz, 1855 Hypargyrus Forbes, 1884 Spinicephalus Lesueur, 1896

Pimephales, commonly known as the bluntnose minnows (a term used locally to refer to Pimephales notatus specifically), is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. All of the four species are small fish, with P. notatus being the largest at 11 cm. (about 4.3 in.) These minnows can be found all over North America and are commonly used as fish bait.

Species

• Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) (bluntnose minnow)
• Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (fathead minnow)
• Pimephales tenellus (Girard, 1856) (slim minnow)
• Pimephales vigilax (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853) (bullhead minnow)

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pimephales". FishBase. August 2011 version.