Yazoo shiner

Yazoo shiner
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Notropis
Species:	N. rafinesquei
Binomial name
	Notropis rafinesquei; Suttkus, 1991

The Yazoo shiner (Notropis rafinesquei) i is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.^[2]

It is endemic to Mississippi in the Southeastern United States, where it inhabits the upper tributaries of the Yazoo River system.

References

^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis rafinesquei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184087A18230468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184087A18230468.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Notropis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 March 2025.

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] NatureServe (2013). "Notropis rafinesquei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184087A18230468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184087A18230468.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[Cof_genus-2] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Notropis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 March 2025.

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