Cuatro Cienegas shiner

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The Cuatro Cienegas shiner (Cyprinella xanthicara) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.

Cuatro Cienegas shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Cyprinella
Species:
C. xanthicara
Binomial name
Cyprinella xanthicara
Synonyms
  • Notropis xanthicara Minckley & Lytle, 1969

Distribution

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The small fish is endemic to the springs and marshes of the Cuatro Ciénegas and Cuatrociénegas Municipality area of Coahuila state in northeastern Mexico.

It is an Endangered species.

References

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  1. ^ Hendrickson, D. (2019). "Cyprinella xanthicara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6141A3104687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T6141A3104687.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Cyprinella xanthicara". FishBase.
  • Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr., 2008. Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8):372-407.