Channel shiner

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Channel shiner
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Paranotropis
Species:
P. wickliffi
Binomial name
Paranotropis wickliffi
(Trautman, 1931)
Synonyms [2]
  • Notropis wickliffiTrautman, 1931

The channel shiner (Paranotropis wickliffi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States where it is widespread in the Mississippi River basin, including the Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas, and Tennessee rivers and the lower portions of their tributaries.

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis wickliffi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T202335A18230721. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202335A18230721.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paranotropis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 17 March 2025.


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