Smalleye shiner

Smalleye shiner
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Clade:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Notropis
Species:	N. buccula
Binomial name
Notropis buccula F. B. Cross, 1953

The smalleye shiner (Notropis buccula) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae (carps and minnows). It is found only in the upper Brazos River basin of Texas, which includes the Double Mountain and Salt forks of the upper Brazos.[1] It became a candidate for federal listing as an endangered species of the United States in 2013.[2]

See also

• Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
• North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
• Salt Fork Brazos River
• Sharpnose shiner

References

1. NatureServe (2013). "Notropis buccula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T14883A19033473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T14883A19033473.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Proposed rule: Endangered species status for the sharpnose shiner and smalleye shiner. Federal Register 78(151) 47582. August 6, 2013.

Further reading

• Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 86 (restricted online copy, p. 86, at Google Books)
• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Notropis buccula". FishBase. October 2014 version.