軟刺鱥學名Lepidomeda mollispinis)為條鰭魚綱鯉形目雅羅魚科的其中一,被IUCN列為易危保育類動物,分布於北美洲美國猶他州內華達州亞利桑那州維京河流域,主要特徵為側線鱗片77-91枚,臀鰭有9條鰭條,咽齒2,5-4,2,圓形的鼻子,大埠,雄魚臀鰭和胸鰭、腹鰭基部、鰓蓋上緣呈橙紅色,鰓蓋上有黑色斑點,體長可達15公分,棲息於沙時底質、快速且通常清澈之小溪與水塘[2],屬雜食性。[3] [4] [5]

軟刺鱥
科學分類 編輯
界: 動物界 Animalia
門: 脊索動物門 Chordata
綱: 條鰭魚綱 Actinopteri
目: 鯉形目 Cypriniformes
科: 雅羅魚科 Leuciscidae
屬: 刺鱥屬 Lepidomeda
種:
軟刺鱥 L. mollispinis
二名法
Lepidomeda mollispinis
異名
  • Lepidomeda mollispinis mollispinis Miller & Hubbs, 1960
  • Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis Miller & Hubbs, 1960


參考文獻

  1. ^ NatureServe. Lepidomeda mollispinis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014, 2014: e.T62202A70621612 [20 November 2021]. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T62202A70621612.en . 
  2. ^ Archived copy (PDF). [2009-11-02]. (原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2009-05-14). 
  3. ^ Minckley, W.L. 1973. Fishes of Arizona. Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ. pp. 111-113
  4. ^ William F. Sigler and John W. Sigler, Fishes of Utah (University of Utah Press, 1996), pp. 93-96.
  5. ^ Angradi, Ted R.; Spaulding, J. Scott; Koch, Edward D. Diel Food Utilization by the Virgin River Spinedace, Lepidomeda mollispinis mollispinis, and Speckled Dace, Rhinichthys osculus, in Beaver Dam Wash, Utah. The Southwestern Naturalist. June 1991, 36 (2): 158. JSTOR 3671916. doi:10.2307/3671916.