Biology:Bedrock shiner

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Bedrock shiner
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. rupestris
Binomial name
Notropis rupestris
Page, 1987

The bedrock shiner (Notropis rupestris) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States , where it inhabits the lower Caney Fork system and nearby tributaries of the central Cumberland River drainage in Tennessee .

References

  • Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN:978-0-89096-880-2, p. 93 (restricted online copy, p. 93, at Google Books)

Wikidata ☰ Q3757119 entry