Sabine shiner
| Sabine shiner | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. sabinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Notropis sabinae D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1886 | |
The Sabine shiner (Notropis sabinae) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.
It is endemic to the United States. It is native to:
- St. Francis and lower White, and lower Black River drainages in Missouri and Arkansas.
- Little River system (lower Red River of the South drainage) in Louisiana.
- Gulf Coast drainages from Calcasieu River in Louisiana to San Jacinto River in Texas.
References
- Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 88 (restricted online copy, p. 88, at Google Books)
- Sabine shiner on FishBase
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