Biology:Yazoo shiner
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Short description: Species of fish
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| Yazoo 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. rafinesquei
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis rafinesquei Suttkus, 1991
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The Yazoo shiner (Notropis rafinesquei) i is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2]
It is endemic to Mississippi in the Southeastern United States, where it inhabits the upper tributaries of the Yazoo River system.
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis rafinesquei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184087A18230468.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/184087/18230468. 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 ☰ Q3755407 entry
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