Exoglossum is a genus of mound-building freshwater fish of the minnow family (Cyprinidae) containing two species, commonly known as cutlip minnows, although the individual species, particularly Exoglossum maxillingua, are also locally known by that name.[citation needed]

Exoglossum
Cutlips minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Exoglossum
Rafinesque, 1818
Type species
Cyprinus maxillingua
Lesueur, 1817
Species

E. laurae
E. maxillingua

Synonyms
  • Maxillingua Rafinesque, 1818
  • Parexoglossum Hubbs, 1931

Species of this genus usually range from 3 inches to 18 inches when sexually mature. In many areas these minnows are valued as both panfish and baitfish.[citation needed]

Species

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References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Exoglossum". FishBase. August 2011 version.