River shiner
| River shiner | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Alburnops |
| Species: | A. blennius |
| Binomial name | |
| Alburnops blennius Girard, 1856 | |
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The river shiner (Alburnops blennius) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[3] It is found in the United States and Canada, where it inhabits the Hudson Bay basin from Alberta to Manitoba, south through the Red Red River in Minnesota and North Dakota; and the Mississippi River basin from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, west to eastern Colorado, and east to West Virginia.
References
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis blennius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184084A18230950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184084A18230950.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ NatureServe (18 August 2015). "Notropis blennius". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ 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.