Yazoo shiner
Species of fish
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The Yazoo shiner (Notropis rafinesquei) i is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2]
| Yazoo shiner | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. rafinesquei |
| Binomial name | |
| Notropis rafinesquei Suttkus, 1991 | |
It is endemic to Mississippi in the Southeastern United States, where it inhabits the upper tributaries of the Yazoo River system.