Pogonichthys

Pogonichthys
Splittail, Pogonichthys macrolepidotus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Pogonichthys
Species:	Pogonichthys
Binomial name
Pogonichthys Girard, 1854
Synonyms
Symmetrurus Jordan, 1878

The splittails are a genus Pogonichthys of cyprinid fish, consisting of two species native to western North America.

The common name is inspired by the distinctive appearance of the tail fin, in which the upper lobe is distinctly larger.

Of the two species, only the Sacramento Splittail survives; the Clear Lake splittail became extinct in the mid-1970s.

Species

• †Pogonichthys ciscoides Hopkirk, 1974 (Clear Lake splittail)
• Pogonichthys macrolepidotus (Ayres, 1854) (Splittail)

References

• Valid species list of genus Pogonichthys on FishBase.
• "Pogonichthys". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pogonichthys". FishBase. August 2011 version.