Highscale shiner

Highscale shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. hypsilepis
Binomial name
Notropis hypsilepis
Suttkus & Raney, 1955

The highscale shiner (Notropis hypsilepis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States where it is found in sandy-bottomed tributary streams of the Chattahoochee and Flint river systems in Georgia and eastern Alabama.[2] They were also historically found in the uppermost reaches of the Savannah river drainage.[3]

References

  1. ^ NatureServe (2014). "Notropis hypsilepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T202307A19032803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T202307A19032803.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Notropis hypsilepis". georgiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  3. ^ "Highscale Shiner - Notropis hypsilepis". fishmap.org. Retrieved 2023-06-23.


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