Peppered shiner

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Peppered shiner
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. perpallidus
Binomial name
Notropis perpallidus

The peppered shiner or colorless shiner (Notropis perpallidus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the United States where it is found in the Red and Ouachita river drainages in southeastern Oklahoma and southern Arkansas.

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References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Notropis perpallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T14893A19032246. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T14893A19032246.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.