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California roach
| California roach | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Laviniinae |
| Genus: | Hesperoleucus Snyder, 1913 |
| Species: | H. symmetricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hesperoleucus symmetricus (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854)
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The California roach (previously Lavinia/Hesperoleucus symmetricus) is a cyprinid fish species complex native to western North America and abundant in the intermittent streams throughout central California. Once considered a single species, it has recently been split into a number of closely related species and subspecies. It is closely related to the Hitch, and together they form a species complex.[2] The California roach derives its common name from its visual similarities to the roach of Europe, however they are not closely taxonomically related.[3]
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Hesperoleucus symmetricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202131A18236415. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202131A18236415.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Baumsteiger J, Moyle PB 2019. A reappraisal of the California Roach/Hitch (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, Hesperoleucus/Lavinia) species complex Zootaxa 4543 (2): 221–240
- ^ Moyle, P.B. (2002) Inland Fishes of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 502 pp.
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