Biology:Wedgespot shiner

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

The wedgespot shiner (Notropis greenei) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States , where it is found in the Ozark Uplands of the middle Arkansas River drainage of central Arkansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and southwestern Missouri. It is also found in the White, Black, and St. Francis river systems of northern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri, and the Meramec, Gasconade, and lower Osage river systems of eastern Missouri.

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. 92 (restricted online copy, p. 92, at Google Books)

Wikidata ☰ Q3760946 entry