Highland shiner
(Redirected from Notropis micropteryx)
| Highland shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. micropteryx
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis micropteryx (Cope, 1868)
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| Synonyms | |
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Alburnellus micropteryx Cope, 1868 | |
The highland shiner (Notropis micropteryx) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States where it is found in tributaries of the Green, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers in southern Kentucky, northern Alabama, Virginia, and western North Carolina.
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis micropteryx". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202312A18236982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202312A18236982.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.