Hybopsis
Encyclopedia
Hybopsis is a genus of cyprinid
fish endemic to the United States
. There are currently six described 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...
fish endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. There are currently six described species in this genus.
Species
- Hybopsis amblopsHybopsis amblopsThe common name of Hybopsis amblops is the bigeye chub. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee....
(Rafinesque, 1820) (Bigeye chub) - Hybopsis amnisHybopsis amnisThe common name of Hybopsis amnis is the pallid shiner. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee....
(Carl HubbsCarl Leavitt Hubbs-Youth:He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs . The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history...
& Greene, 1951) (Pallid shiner) - Hybopsis hypsinotus (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...
, 1870) (Highback chub) - Hybopsis lineapunctataHybopsis lineapunctataThe common name of Hybopsis lineapunctata is the lined chub. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee....
Clemmer & Suttkus, 1971 (Lined chub) - Hybopsis rubrifrons (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
, 1877) - Hybopsis winchelli GirardCharles Frédéric GirardCharles Frédéric Girard was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology.Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompanied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard...
, 1856 (Clear chub)