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Mirror shiner

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Mirror shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Paranotropis
Species:
P. spectrunculus
Binomial name
Paranotropis spectrunculus
(Cope, 1868)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hybopsis spectrunculus Cope, 1868
  • Notropis spectrunculus (Cope, 1868)

The mirror shiner (Paranotropis spectrunculus). is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is found in the upper Tennessee River drainage in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia, in the USA.

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis spectrunculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202328A18229053. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202328A18229053.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paranotropis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 March 2025.