cheat minnow

{{Short description|Species of fish}}{{Hybridbox/lua|genus1=Nocomis|genus2=Rhinichthys|species1=micropogon|species2=cataractae|link1=River chub|synonyms=* Rhinichthys bowersi Goldsborough & Clark, 1908

• Pararhinichthys bowsersi (Goldsborough & Clark, 1908)|image=Pararhinichthys bowersi.png|link2=Longnose dace|parent=Pogonichthyinae}}

The cheat minnow is a hybrid demersal, freshwater fish endemic to the United States, most commonly found in the Ohio River basin.{{FishBase|genus=Pararhinichthys|species=bowersi|id=10172 |month=December|year=2017}} Originally considered the only species in the genus Pararhinichthys as Pararhinichthys bowersi, more recent studies suggest that it is an F1 hybrid of Rhinichthys cataractae and Nocomis micropogon.{{ITIS|id=553396|taxon=Pararhinichthys bowersi|access-date=8 September 2023}}{{cite journal|author=Cooper JE |year= 1980 |title= Egg, Larval and Juvenile Development of Longnose Dace, Rhinichthys cataractae, and River Chub, Nocomis micropogon, with Notes on Their Hybridization |journal=Copeia |volume=1980|issue=3|pages=469–478|doi= 10.2307/1444524 |jstor= 1444524 }}{{Cite journal |last=Poly |first=William J. |last2=Sabaj |first2=Mark H. |date=1998 |title=Lack of Evidence for the Validity of Rhinichthys bowersi (Cyprinidae) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1447363 |journal=Copeia |volume=1998 |issue=4 |pages=1081–1085 |doi=10.2307/1447363 |issn=0045-8511|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Tan |first=Milton |last2=Armbruster |first2=Jonathan W. |date=2018-09-13 |title=Phylogenetic classification of extant genera of fishes of the order Cypriniformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) |url=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4476.1.4 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=4476 |issue=1 |pages=6–39 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4476.1.4 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }} It is no longer recognized as a distinct taxon by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.{{Cof family|family=Leuciscidae|access-date=7 March 2025}}