Biology:Las Vegas dace
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Short description: Species of fish
| Las Vegas dace | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Rhinichthys |
| Species: | †R. deaconi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Rhinichthys deaconi R. R. Miller, 1984
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The Las Vegas dace (Rhinichthys deaconi) was a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.
It was found only in the Las Vegas Valley in the United States. It was declared extinct in 1986 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Sources
Wikidata ☰ Q2236112 entry
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