Biology:Plateau shiner

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Plateau shiner
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Cyprinella
Species:
C. lepida
Binomial name
Cyprinella lepida
Girard, 1856
Synonyms[2]
  • Notropis lepidus (Girard, 1856)

The Plateau shiner (Cyprinella lepida) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs on the Edwards Plateau in Texas where it inhabits the upper Guadalupe and Nueces River drainages.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q952987 entry