Bluntnose shiner
Species of fish
| Bluntnose shiner | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. simus |
| Binomial name | |
| Notropis simus (Cope, 1875) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Alburnellus simus Cope, 1875 | |
The bluntnose shiner (Notropis simus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It was found in Mexico and the United States, but is now only known from the United States.
There are two recognised subspecies:
- N. s. simus known from Rio Grande above El Paso, Texas, this subspecies is possibly extinct;
- N. s. pecosensis known only in the Pecos River, New Mexico,
References
- ^ NatureServe (2019). "Notropis simus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T14896A130025243. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T14896A130025243.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Bluntnose shiner on FishBase
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