Biology:Plateau shiner

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Short description: Species of fish

Bannerfin shiner
Plateau Shiner imported from iNaturalist photo 187972116 on 24 October 2023.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Notropis lepidus (Girard, 1856)

The Plateau shiner (Cyprinella lepida) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. 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.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella lepida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202083A15364078. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202083A15364078.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202083/15364078. Retrieved 13 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Cyprinella lepida" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q952987 entry