Las Vegas dace

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Las Vegas dace
Status iucn3.1 EX.svg
Extinct  (1986)  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Status TNC GX.svg
Presumed Extinct  (1986)  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Rhinichthys
Species:
†R. deaconi
Binomial name
†Rhinichthys deaconi

The Las Vegas dace (Rhinichthys deaconi) was a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.

It was found only in the Las Vegas Valley in the United States. It was declared extinct in 1986 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Sources

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Rhinichthys deaconi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T19490A19035017. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T19490A19035017.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Rhinichthys deaconi". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 8 September 2023.


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