Biology:River shiner

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Short description: Species of fish

River Shiner
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. blennius
Binomial name
Notropis blennius
(Girard, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Alburnops blennius Girard, 1856
  • Episema jejuna Forbes, 1878
  • Notropis jordanii Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893

The river shiner (Notropis blennius) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is found in the United States and Canada , where it inhabits the Hudson Bay basin from Alberta to Manitoba, south through the Red Red River in Minnesota and North Dakota; and the Mississippi River basin from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Texas , Louisiana, and Mississippi, west to eastern Colorado, and east to West Virginia.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3756603 entry