Highscale shiner

Highscale shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Alburnops
Species:
A. hypsilepis
Binomial name
Alburnops hypsilepis
(Suttkus & Raney, 1955)
Synonyms[2]
  • Notropis hypsilepis Suttkus & Raney, 1955

The highscale shiner (Alburnops hypsilepis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It is endemic to the United States where it is found in sandy-bottomed tributary streams of the Chattahoochee and Flint river systems in Georgia and eastern Alabama.[3] They were also historically found in the uppermost reaches of the Savannah river drainage.[4]

References

  1. ^ NatureServe (2014). "Notropis hypsilepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T202307A19032803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T202307A19032803.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Alburnops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Notropis hypsilepis". georgiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  4. ^ "Highscale Shiner - Notropis hypsilepis". fishmap.org. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
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