Opsopoeodus emiliae

Opsopoeodus emiliae
Pugnose minnow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Opsopoeodus
O. P. Hay, 1881
Species: O. emiliae
Binomial name
Opsopoeodus emiliae
O. P. Hay, 1881

Opsopoeodus emiliae (common name pugnose minnow) is a species of cyprinid fish found in the eastern North America. There are two recognized subspecies with the subspecies from Florida recognized as race peninsularis.

Subspecies

  • Opsopoeodus emiliae emiliae O. P. Hay, 1881 (Pugnose minnow)
  • Opsopoeodus emiliae peninsularis (C. R. Gilbert & R. M. Bailey, 1972)

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