- Arkansas River Shiner
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Arkansas River Shiner Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Notropis Species: N. girardi Binomial name Notropis girardi
Carl Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929Arkansas River Shiner (Notropis girardi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is native to part of the central United States. The population in the Arkansas River basin carries a threatened species designation under US federal law.
References
- Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 9780890968802, p. 86 (restricted online copy at Google Books)
- Arkansas River Shiner on FishBase.
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