Highscale shiner

The highscale shiner (Notropis hypsilepis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States where it is found in the Chattahoochee and Flint river systems in Georgia and eastern Alabama.

Highscale shiner

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. hypsilepis
Binomial name
Notropis hypsilepis
Suttkus & Raney, 1955

References

  1. NatureServe (2016). "Notropis hypsilepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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