| Spinedaces | |
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| Lepidomeda vittata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Lepidomeda Cope, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Lepidomeda vittata Cope, 1874
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| Species | |
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6, see text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Snyderichthys Miller, 1945 | |
Lepidomeda is a genus of cyprinid fish, commonly known as the spinedaces, found in western North America. Of the four known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the leatherside chub and the spikedaces (genus Meda), but the phylogeny and indeed the validity of the proposed "plagopterin" clade is insufficiently resolved.[1]
- ^ Andrew M. Simons and Richard L. Mayden (23 April 1997). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)". Cladistics. 13: 187–205. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00315.x.