The roughhead shiner (Notropis semperasper) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in the upper James River drainage, Virginia, USA.
| Roughhead 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. semperasper
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis semperasper C. R. Gilbert, 1961
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In March 2022, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the roughhead shiner as endangered. [2]
Sources
edit- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis semperasper". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T14895A19034660. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T14895A19034660.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Endangered Species Protection Sought for Tiny Virginia Fish". Center for Biological Diversity. Retrieved 2022-03-28.