Grass Valley speckled dace
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Grass Valley speckled dace | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Rhinichthys |
Species: | R. osculus |
Subspecies: | †R. o. reliquus
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Trinomial name | |
†Rhinichthys osculus reliquus |
The Grass Valley speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus reliquus) occurred in a single spring-fed creek in a grassy meadow in eastern Lander County, Nevada. Specimens were collected only once in 1938, and it was then considered common.[1] The species had a distinctive speckled lower lip and silver sided body. The introduction of brook and rainbow trout to the creek is believed to be the reason for their extinction.[1]
References
- ^ hdl:2027.42/141989.