New River shiner

New River shiner (Notropis scabriceps) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.

New River shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. scabriceps
Binomial name
Notropis scabriceps
(Cope, 1868)
Synonyms

Photogenis scabriceps Cope, 1868

It is endemic to the New River drainage in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.

References

  1. NatureServe (2016). "Notropis scabriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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