The blackmouth shiner (Notropis melanostomus) is a species of cyprini fish.
| Blackmouth shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. melanostomus
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis melanostomus Bortone, 1989
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It is endemic to the United States. It is found in the Blackwater-Yellow river systems in Florida, Bay Minette Creek in Alabama, and the lower Pascagoula River system in Mississippi.
References
edit- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis melanostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T14889A19034914. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T14889A19034914.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 106 (restricted online copy, p. 106, at Google Books)
- Blackmouth shiner on FishBase