Red River shiner
The Red River shiner (Notropis bairdi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.
| Red River Shiner | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. bairdi |
| Binomial name | |
| Notropis bairdi C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 | |
It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in the Red River in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
References
- NatureServe (2016). "Notropis bairdi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 86 (restricted online copy, p. 86, at Google Books)
- Red River shiner on FishBase
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