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Sacramento blackfish

Sacramento blackfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Orthodon
Girard, 1856
Species:
O. microlepidotus
Binomial name
Orthodon microlepidotus
(Ayres, 1854)
Synonyms

Leuciscus microlepidotus Ayres, 1854

The Sacramento blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus) is a species of freshwater fish in central California. A cyprinid, the blackfish is the sole member of its genus.

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Orthodon microlepidotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202340A18235375. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202340A18235375.en. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

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