Plateau shiner
Species of fish
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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]
| Plateau shiner | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Cyprinella |
| Species: | C. lepida |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinella lepida Girard, 1856 | |
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