Biology:Las Vegas dace

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Short description: Species of fish

Las Vegas dace

Extinct  (1986) (IUCN 3.1)

Presumed Extinct  (1986) (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Rhinichthys
Species:
R. deaconi
Binomial name
Rhinichthys deaconi
R. R. Miller, 1984

The Las Vegas dace (Rhinichthys deaconi) was a species of cyprinid fish.

It was found only in the Las Vegas Valley in the United States . It was declared extinct in 1986 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q2236112 entry