Salado shiner | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Leuciscidae |
Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
Genus: | Notropis |
Species: | †N. saladonis |
Binomial name | |
†Notropis saladonis C. L. Hubbs & C. Hubbs, 1958 | |
The Salado shiner (Notropis saladonis) is an extinct species of ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It was found only in the Rio Salado, a tributary of the Rio Grande in northern Mexico. It was locally known as sardinita de salado.