Biology:Pygmy shiner

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Pygmy shiner
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. tropicus
Binomial name
Notropis tropicus
C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1975[1]

The pygmy shiner (Notropis tropicus) is a species of cyprinid fish.[2][3] It is endemic to the Pánuco River basin in east–central Mexico.[4] Its type locality is Tamesí River at Llera in the state of Tamaulipas.[2] It is a small species, less than 4 cm (1.6 in) in standard length.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hubbs, Carl L.; Miller, Robert Rush (1975). "Notropis tropicus, a new cyprinid fish from eastern Mexico". Southwestern Naturalist 20 (1): 121–131. doi:10.2307/3670018. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (4 January 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=2534. Retrieved 25 January 2016. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Notropis tropicus" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  4. Soto-Galera, E.; Alcántara-Soria, L.; Paulo-Maya, J. (2011). "Estado actual de la ictiofauna dulceacuícola de la provincia del complejo Tamesí-Pánuco.". Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas. Informe final SNIB-CONABIO proyecto No. FM027. México, D.F.. http://www.conabio.gob.mx/institucion/proyectos/resultados/InfFM027.pdf. 

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