Chrosomus oreas Cope, 1868
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The mountain redbelly dace (Chrosomus oreas) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, and related fishes. It is found in mountain and Piedmont regions of the Atlantic slope of North America from the Shenandoah River in Virginia, to the Neuse River drainage in North Carolina and the upper New River drainage in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
Wikipedia contributors, Mountain redbelly dace; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:20:20.616588+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chrosomus oreas Cope, 1868
- Name authority
- Cope, 1868
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Chrosomus
- 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
- genusChrosomus Rafinesque, 1820
- speciesChrosomus oreas Cope, 1868
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chrosomus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chrosomus neogaeus (Cope, 1867) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chrosomus saylori (Skelton, 2001) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chrosomus eos Cope, 1861 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chrosomus cumberlandensis (Starnes & Starnes, 1978) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chrosomus tennesseensis (Starnes & Jenkins, 1988) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Phoxinus oreas (Cope, 1868) (Cope, 1868) | synonym |
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.
- Cope, E. D. (1868). On the distribution of fresh-water fishes in the Allegheny region of southwestern Virginia. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second Series, v. 6 (pt 3) (art. 5): 207–247, Pls. 26–28 [wrongly as 22–24]. [Table of contents dates part 3 as Jan 1869, but separates were made available to author in Dec. 1868. This is volume 19, second series volume 6.]. 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:5YHY7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.