Salado shiner

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Salado shiner
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. saladonis
Binomial name
Notropis saladonis

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.

Sources

  1. Mercado Silva, N. (2019). "Notropis saladonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T14894A546742. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T14894A546742.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.