Margariscus
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Margariscus is a genus of cyprinid
fishes found in North America
. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fishes found in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.
Species
- Margariscus margaritaMargariscus margaritaMargariscus margarita, the Pearl dace, is a species of cyprinid fish. It is demersal, freshwater fish, with a dark green back and silvery body. This species is omnivorous, consuming algae as well as arthropods. M. margaritas range spans southern Canada and the northern United States...
(CopeEdward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen...
, 1867) (Pearl dace) - Margariscus nachtriebi (Cox, 1896)