Biology:Sandbar shiner
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Short description: Species of fish
| Sandbar shiner | |
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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: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. scepticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis scepticus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Minnilus scepticus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 | |
The sandbar shiner (Notropis scepticus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.
It is endemic to the Southeastern United States.
It is native from the Cape Fear River drainage in North Carolina, to the Savannah River drainage in Georgia.
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis scepticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202326A18233982.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202326/18233982. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Notropis". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Notropis.
Wikidata ☰ Q3758537 entry
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