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Ozark shiner

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The Ozark shiner (Paranotropis ozarcanus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is endemic to the United States where it is found in the Ozark Uplands in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, inhabiting the White and Black river systems.[3]

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Ozark shiner
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Paranotropis
Species:
P. ozarcanus
Binomial name
Paranotropis ozarcanus
(Meek, 1891)
Synonyms[2]
  • Notropis ozarcanus Meek, 1891
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