| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Leuciscidae | Hydrophlox chiliticus | (Cope) | 1870 | Redlip Shiner |
Hydrophlox chiliticus
Unique Characters: Bright red lips. Scattered black blotches on sides. Darkly outlined scales absent below the lateral line. Small, pale spot at the beginning and end of the dorsal fin base. Melanophores extending more than one-quarter of the height of the dorsal fin. Dark humeral bar behind head.
Similar Species:
Greenhead Shiner Hydrophlox chlorocephalus, Yellowfin Shiner Hydrophlox lutipinnis, and Hydrophlox sp. “Piedmont” Shiner. No red on lips or scattered black blotches on sides. Dark humeral bar behind head absent.
Saffron Shiner Notropis rubricroceus. Lacks black blotches on the sides. Darkly outlined scales below the lateral line. Melanophores extending only slightly beyond the base of the dorsal fin.
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