Biology:Red River shiner

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Red River Shiner
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. bairdi
Binomial name
Notropis bairdi
C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929

The Red River shiner (Notropis bairdi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.

It is endemic to the United States , where it is found in the Red River in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas .

References

  • Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN:978-0-89096-880-2, p. 86 (restricted online copy, p. 86, at Google Books)

Wikidata ☰ Q3756518 entry