New River shiner
New River shiner (Notropis scabriceps) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.
| New River shiner | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. scabriceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Notropis scabriceps (Cope, 1868) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Photogenis scabriceps Cope, 1868 | |
It is endemic to the New River drainage in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
References
- NatureServe (2016). "Notropis scabriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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