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Platygobio gracilis (Richardson, 1836)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cypriniformes
family
Cyprinidae
genus
Platygobio
species
Platygobio gracilis

Name

Synonyms
Ceratichthys physignathus Cope, 1875
Coregonus angusticeps Valenciennes, 1848
Cyprinus gracilis Richardson, 1836
Hybopsis gracilis (Richardson, 1836)
Platygobio gracilis gracilis
Platygobio gracilis gulonella (Cope, 1865)
Platygobio pallidus Forbes, 1883
Pogonichthys communis Girard, 1856
Pogonichthys gulonellus Cope, 1865
Homonyms
Platygobio gracilis (Richardson, 1836)
Common names
Flathead Chub in English
flathead chub in English
flathead chub in English
méné à tête plate in French
méné à tête plate in French
méné à tête plate in French
northern squawfish in English
northern squawfish in English
rozkolník plochohlavý in Czech
Плоскоголовый пескарь in Russian
Flathead Chub in English
flathead chub in English
méné à tête plate in French
northern squawfish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Lee, D. S., C. R. Gilbert, C. H. Hocutt, R. E. Jenkins, D. E. McAllister, and J. R. Stauffer, Jr., 1980: null. Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes. x + 854.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  6. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds, 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. ix + 384.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  8. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1994: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Animal Candidate Review for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species. Federal Register, vol. 59, no. 219. 58982-59028.
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