Exoglossum is a genus of mound-building freshwater fish of the minnow family (Cyprinidae) containing two species, commonly known as cutlip minnows, although the individual species, particularly Exoglossum maxillingua, are also locally known by that name.^{[citation needed]}

Exoglossum
Cutlips minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Clade:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Exoglossum Rafinesque, 1818
Type species
Cyprinus maxillingua Lesueur, 1817
Species
E. laurae E. maxillingua
Synonyms
Maxillingua Rafinesque, 1818 Parexoglossum Hubbs, 1931

Species of this genus usually range from 3 inches to 18 inches when sexually mature. In many areas these minnows are valued as both panfish and baitfish.^{[citation needed]}