Highfin shiner
| Highfin shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Hudsonius |
| Species: | H. altipinnis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hudsonius altipinnis (Cope, 1870)
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The highfin shiner (Hudsonius altipinnis) 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 lower Roanoke River drainage from southeastern Virginia, south in Piedmont and Coastal Plain areas to the middle Savannah River drainage in South Carolina.
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis altipinnis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN: e.T202281A18234844. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202281A18234844.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hudsonius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2025.