Kanawha minnow
Species of fish
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The Kanawha minnow (Phenacobius teretulus) s a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is found only in the New River (of upper Kanawha River) drainage in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
| Kanawha minnow | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Phenacobius |
| Species: | P. teretulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phenacobius teretulus Cope, 1867 | |
