The channel shiner (Notropis wickliffi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States where it is widespread in the Mississippi River basin, including the Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas, and Tennessee rivers and the lower portions of their tributaries.
Channel shiner | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
Genus: | Notropis |
Species: | N. wickliffi
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Binomial name | |
Notropis wickliffi Trautman, 1931
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References
edit- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis wickliffi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202335A18230721. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202335A18230721.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.