Species
Hesperoleucus symmetricus (California roach)
Hesperoleucus symmetricus. Photo: (c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)
The California roach (Hesperoleucus symmetricus) is a cyprinid fish native to western North America and abundant in the intermittent streams throughout central California. It is the sole member of its genus.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Order: Cypriniformes (Minnows, suckers, carps, and loaches)
- Suborder: Cyprinoidei
- Family: Leuciscidae (True minnows)
- Subfamily: Laviniinae (Western minnows)
- Genus: Hesperoleucus (California roaches)
- Species: Hesperoleucus symmetricus (California roach)
- Genus: Hesperoleucus (California roaches)
- Subfamily: Laviniinae (Western minnows)
- Family: Leuciscidae (True minnows)
- Suborder: Cyprinoidei
- Order: Cypriniformes (Minnows, suckers, carps, and loaches)
- Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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