Bluntnose shiner

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Bluntnose shiner
Pecos bluntnose shiner.jpg
Pecosensis subspecies, male and female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Alburnops
Species:
A. simus
Binomial name
Alburnops simus
(Cope, 1875)
Synonyms [2]
  • Alburnellus simus Cope, 1875
  • Notropis simus (Cope, 1875)
  • Notropis simus pecosensis C. R. Gilbert & Chernoff, 1982

The bluntnose shiner (Alburnops simus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. [2] It was found in Mexico and the United States, but is now only known from the United States.

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2019). "Notropis simus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T14896A130025243. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T14896A130025243.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Alburnops". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 March 2025.


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