Ozark shiner

Ozark shiner
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Paranotropis
Species:	P. ozarcanus
Binomial name
	Paranotropis ozarcanus; (Meek, 1891)
Synonyms
	Notropis ozarcanus Meek, 1891;

The Ozark shiner (Paranotropis ozarcanus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is endemic to the United States where it is found in the Ozark Uplands in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, inhabiting the White and Black river systems.^[3]

References

^ NatureServe (2014). "Notropis ozarcanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T202315A19034813. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T202315A19034813.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ 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.
^ Pflieger, William L. (1997). The fishes of Missouri (Rev. ed.). Jefferson City: Missouri Dept. of Conservation. ISBN 1-887247-11-4.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] NatureServe (2014). "Notropis ozarcanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T202315A19034813. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T202315A19034813.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[Cof_genus-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.

[3] Pflieger, William L. (1997). The fishes of Missouri (Rev. ed.). Jefferson City: Missouri Dept. of Conservation. ISBN 1-887247-11-4.

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