Devils River Minnow
Dionda diaboli Hubbs & Brown, 1957
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Devils River minnow (Dionda diaboli), Edwards Aquifer, Texas, USA
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Devils River minnow (Dionda diaboli) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The minnow coexists with other closely related species and other cyprinids in the range of northern Mexico and southern Texas.
Wikipedia contributors, Devils River minnow; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:30:33.260279+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dionda diaboli Hubbs & Brown, 1957
- Name authority
- Hubbs & Brown, 1957
- Common name
- Devils River Minnow
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Dionda
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusDionda Girard, 1856
- speciesDionda diaboli Hubbs & Brown, 1957
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dionda. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dionda argentosa Girard, 1856 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted MinnowDionda melanops Girard, 1856 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dionda serena Girard, 1856 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dionda texensis Girard, 1856 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dionda flavipinnis (Cope, 1880) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roundnose MinnowDionda episcopa Girard, 1856 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dionda nigrotaeniata (Cope, 1880) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Hubbs, C. L., & Brown, W. H. (1957). Dionda diaboli (Cyprinidae), a new minnow from Texas. Southwestern Naturalist, 1 (2): 69–77. [Date printed as April 1956, actual date as above.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36B7T. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.