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The Yazoo shiner (Notropis rafinesquei) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.
| Yazoo 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. rafinesquei
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis rafinesquei Suttkus, 1991
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It is endemic to Mississippi in the Southeastern United States, where it inhabits the upper tributaries of the Yazoo River system.
References
edit- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis rafinesquei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184087A18230468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184087A18230468.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.