Biology:Whitemouth shiner
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. alborus
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis alborus Hubbs & Raney, 1947
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The whitemouth shiner (Notropis alborus) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is native to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the Piedmont in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.[1][2]
The species was described in 1947 from a creek that joins the Deep River in Randolph County, North Carolina.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NatureServe (2013). "Notropis alborus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202280A18231874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202280A18231874.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202280/18231874. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Notropis alborus. FishBase. 2011.
- ↑ Hubbs, C. L. and E. C. Raney. (1947). Notropis alborus, a new cyprinid fish from North Carolina and Virginia. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology 498, 1-17.
Wikidata ☰ Q3767399 entry
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