Redeye chub

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Redeye chub
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Pteronotropis
Species:
P. harperi
Binomial name
Pteronotropis harperi
(Fowler, 1941)
Synonyms [2]
  • Notropis harperi Fowler, 1941
  • Hybopsis harperi (Fowler, 1941)
  • Notropis norrisi Fowler, 1945
  • Hybopsis harperi subterranea C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956

Redeye chub (Pteronotropis harperi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is native to freshwaters of southeastern North America. [3]

Unlike other members of Notropis, they have a pair of barbels on the corners of their mouths. [4]

Etymology

The specific name is in honor of Dr. Francis Harper, who in 1939-40 collected the type specimens during field investigations along the routes of John and William Bartram. [5]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis harperi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T202303A18228738. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202303A18228738.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pteronotropis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Fuller, Pam; Nico, Leo (30 June 2004). "Notropis harperi Fowler, 1941". Nonindigenous Aquatic Species. Gainesville, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Redeye". Outdoor Alabama. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
  5. ↑ Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (28 December 2023). "Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily POGONICHTHYINAE (American Minnows and Shiners)". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 28 January 2023.


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