Pteronotropis
Genus of fishes
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Pteronotropis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. These fishes are endemic to the United States.[2]
| Pteronotropis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Flagfin shiner (Pteronotropis signipinnis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Pteronotropis Fowler, 1935[1] |
| Type species | |
| Alburnus formosus | |
Characteristics
The genus is characterized by a broad dark blue stripe along the side. The genus has large anal and dorsal fins, as well as a compressed body.[3]
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Pteronotropis cummingsae (Myers, 1925) (Dusky shiner)
- Pteronotropis euryzonus (Suttkus, 1955) (Broadstripe shiner)
- Pteronotropis grandipinnis (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Apalachee shiner)
- Pteronotropis harperi (Fowler, 1941) (Redeye chub)
- Pteronotropis hubbsi (R. M. Bailey & H. W. Robison, 1978) (Bluehead shiner)
- Pteronotropis hypselopterus (Günther, 1868) (Sailfin shiner)
- Pteronotropis merlini (Suttkus & Mettee, 2001) (Orangetail shiner)
- Pteronotropis metallicus (D. S. Jordan & Meek, 1884) (Metallic shiner)
- Pteronotropis signipinnis (R. M. Bailey & Suttkus, 1952) (Flagfin shiner)
- Pteronotropis stonei (Fowler, 1921) (Lowland shiner)
- Pteronotropis welaka (Evermann & Kendall, 1898) (Bluenose shiner)
