Biology:Stargazing minnow
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Stargazing minnow | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Phenacobius |
Species: | P. uranops
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Binomial name | |
Phenacobius uranops Cope, 1867
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The stargazing minnow (Phenacobius uranops) is a North American species of freshwater cyprinid fish. It is distributed in the Green, Cumberland and Tennessee River drainages in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.[2]
This fish is generally about 8 cm long, and grows to 12 cm at most. It is common and abundant and not considered to be threatened.[2]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Phenacobius uranops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202345A18234319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202345A18234319.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202345/18234319. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Phenacobius uranops" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1104901 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargazing minnow.
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