Hesperoleucus
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| Hesperoleucus | |
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| California roach (Hesperoleucus symmetricus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Laviniinae |
| Genus: | Hesperoleucus Snyder, 1913[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pogonichthys symmetricus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hesperoleucus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species.[1] The species in this genus are found in Western North America.