Plateau shiner
| Plateau 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: | Cyprinella |
| Species: | C. lepida
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinella lepida Girard, 1856
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The Plateau shiner (Cyprinella lepida) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs on the Edwards Plateau in Texas where it inhabits the upper Guadalupe and Nueces River drainages.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella lepida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202083A15364078. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202083A15364078.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cyprinella". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyprinella lepida". FishBase. February 2014 version.
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