California roach

California roach
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Clade:	Laviniinae
Genus:	Hesperoleucus; Snyder, 1913
Species:	H. symmetricus
Binomial name
	Hesperoleucus symmetricus; (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854)
Synonyms
	Pogonichthys symmetricus Baird & Girard, 1854; Lavinia symmetricus (Baird & Girard, 1854); Hesperoleucus mitrulus Snyder, 1913; Hesperoleucus navarroensis Snyder, 1913; Hesperoleucus parvipinnis Snyder, 1913; Hesperoleucus venustus Snyder, 1913;

The California roach (Hesperoleucus symmetricus) is a cyprinid fish native to western North America and abundant in the intermittent streams throughout central California. Once considered the sole member of its genus, it has recently been split into a number of closely related species and subspecies.

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