Biology:Sabine shiner

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Sabine shiner
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. sabinae
Binomial name
Notropis sabinae
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1886

The Sabine shiner (Notropis sabinae) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.

It is endemic to the United States . It is native to:

  • St. Francis and lower White, and lower Black River drainages in Missouri and Arkansas.
  • Little River system (lower Red River of the South drainage) in Louisiana.
  • Gulf Coast drainages from Calcasieu River in Louisiana to San Jacinto River in Texas .

References

  • Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN:978-0-89096-880-2, p. 88 (restricted online copy, p. 88, at Google Books)

Wikidata ☰ Q3757998 entry