Notropis
Genus of fishes
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Notropis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[1] They are known commonly as eastern shiners.[2] They are native to North America, and are one of the continent's most speciose genera.[3][4]
| Notropis | |
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| Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis Rafinesque, 1818 |
| Type species | |
| Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque 1818 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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A 1997 phylogenetic analysis placed the genus in a clade with Campostoma, Cyprinella, Phenacobius, Platygobio and Rhinichthys.[5] The systematics of the genus is still unclear. It has not been confirmed to be monophyletic. While it has been divided into several subgenera and species groups, the relationships between the taxa are not yet understood.[6]
Characteristics
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[7]
- Notropis amabilis (Girard, 1856) (Texas shiner)
- Notropis amecae Chernoff & R. R. Miller, 1986 (Ameca shiner)
- Notropis anogenus S. A. Forbes, 1885 (Pugnose shiner)
- Notropis ariommus (Cope, 1867) (Popeye shiner)
- Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 (Emerald shiner)
- Notropis atrocaudalis Evermann, 1892 (Blackspot shiner)
- Notropis bairdi C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 (Red River shiner)
- Notropis bifrenatus (Cope, 1867) (Bridle shiner)
- Notropis buccula F. B. Cross, 1953 (Smalleye shiner)
- Notropis girardi C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 (Arkansas River shiner)
- Notropis heterolepis C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1893 (Blacknose shiner)
- Notropis jemezanus (Cope, 1875) (Rio Grande shiner)
- Notropis maculatus (O. P. Hay, 1881) (Taillight shiner)
- Notropis megalops Girard, 1856) (West Texas shiner)
- Notropis mekistocholas Snelson, 1971 (Cape Fear shiner)
- Notropis micropteryx (Cope, 1868) (Highland shiner)
- Notropis oxyrhynchus C. L. Hubbs & Bonham, 1951 (Sharpnose shiner)
- Notropis percobromus (Cope, 1871) (Carmine shiner)
- Notropis perpallidus C. L. Hubbs & J. D. Black, 1940 (Peppered shiner)
- Notropis photogenis (Cope, 1865) (Silver shiner)
- Notropis rafinesquei Suttkus, 1991 (Yazoo shiner)
- Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850) (Rosyface shiner)
- Notropis rupestris Page, 1987 (Bedrock shiner)
- †Notropis saladonis C. L. Hubbs & C. Hubbs, 1958 (Salado shiner)
- Notropis scepticus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (Sandbar shiner)
- Notropis semperasper C. R. Gilbert, 1961 (Roughhead shiner)
- Notropis stilbius D. S. Jordan, 1877 (Silverstripe shiner)
- Notropis suttkusi Humphries & Cashner, 1994 (Rocky shiner)
- Notropis telescopus (Cope, 1868) (Telescope shiner)
- Notropis tropicus C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1975 (Pygmy shiner)
