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Wedgespot shiner

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Wedgespot shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Miniellus
Species:
M. greenei
Binomial name
Miniellus greenei
Synonyms[2]
  • Notropis greenei Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929

The wedgespot shiner (Miniellus greenei) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in the Ozark Uplands of the middle Arkansas River drainage of central Arkansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and southwestern Missouri. It is also found in the White, Black, and St. Francis river systems of northern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri, and the Meramec, Gasconade, and lower Osage river systems of eastern Missouri.

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis greenei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184094A18235883. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184094A18235883.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Miniellus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 March 2025.