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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Laviniinae |
| Genus: | Mylopharodon Ayres, 1855[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mylopharodon robustus Ayres, 1855[1]
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Mylopharodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs and related fishes. The genus contains one extant species and two extinct species, all of which are found in Western North America.
Species
[edit]Mylopharodon contains the following species:
- Mylopharodon conocephalus Ayres, 1855 (Hardhead)[2]
- †Mylopharodon doliolus Smith & Kimmel, 1982 - Middle Miocene-aged Esmeralda Formation of Nevada[3]
- †Mylopharodon hagermanensis Uyeno, 1961 - Pliocene-aged Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Laviniinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Mylopharodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ Kelly, Thomas S. (2010). "A NEW CHUB (ACTINOPTERYGII, CYPRINIFORMES, CYPRINIDAE) FROM THE MIDDLE MIOCENE (EARLY CLARENDONIAN) ALDRICH STATION FORMATION, LYON COUNTY, NEVADA" (PDF). Paludicola. 7 (4): 137–157.
- ^ Smith, Gerald R.; Kimmel, P. G. (1975). "Fishes of the Pliocene Glenns Ferry Formation, Southwest Idaho; Fishes of the Miocene - Pliocene Deer Butte Formation, Southeast Oregon Claude W. Hibbard Memorial Volume V". Papers on Paleontology (14): 1–87. hdl:2027.42/48614.