Coccotis
Genus of fish
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Coccotis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The fishes in this genus are found in North America.
| Coccotis | |
|---|---|
| Warpaint shiner (Coccotis coccogenis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Coccotis D. S. Jordan, 1882[1] |
| Type species | |
| Hypsilepis coccogenis | |
Species
Coccotis contains the following valid species:[2]
- Coccotis coccogenis (Cope, 1868) (Warpaint shiner)
- Coccotis zonistius (D. S. Jordan, 1880) (Bandfin shiner)