Biology:Highland shiner

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Highland shiner
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. micropteryx
Binomial name
Notropis micropteryx
(Cope, 1868)
Synonyms

Alburnellus micropteryx Cope, 1868

The highland shiner (Notropis micropteryx) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States where it is found in tributaries of the Green, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers in southern Kentucky, northern Alabama, Virginia, and western North Carolina.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3765125 entry