River shiner
| River Shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. blennius
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis blennius (Girard, 1856)
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| Synonyms | |
The river shiner (Notropis blennius) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is found in the United States and Canada, where it inhabits the Hudson Bay basin from Alberta to Manitoba, south through the Red Red River in Minnesota and North Dakota; and the Mississippi River basin from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, west to eastern Colorado, and east to West Virginia.
References[]
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis blennius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184084A18230950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184084A18230950.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Notropis
- Fish described in 1856
- Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
- Notropis stubs