Wedgespot shiner
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| Wedgespot shiner | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Miniellus |
| Species: | M. greenei |
| Binomial name | |
| Miniellus greenei (C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929) | |
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The wedgespot shiner (Miniellus greenei) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in the Ozark Uplands of the middle Arkansas River drainage of central Arkansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and southwestern Missouri. It is also found in the White, Black, and St. Francis river systems of northern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri, and the Meramec, Gasconade, and lower Osage river systems of eastern Missouri.
References
[edit]- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis greenei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T184094A18235883. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184094A18235883.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Miniellus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 92 (restricted online copy, p. 92, at Google Books)
- Wedgespot shiner on FishBase