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Silverband shiner

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Silverband shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Paranotropis
Species:
P. shumardi
Binomial name
Paranotropis shumardi
(Girard, 1856)
Synonyms[2]
  • Alburnops shumardi Girard, 1856
  • Notropis shumardi (Girard, 1856)
  • Alburnops illecebrosus Girard, 1856
  • Notropis chamberlaini Evermann, 1898
  • Notropis brazosensis Hubbs & Bonham, 1951

The silverband shiner (Paranotropis shumardi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in the Mississippi River and main tributaries in lower Ohio, Arkansas, Louisiana to Illinois and South Dakota, and several Gulf slope drainages.

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis shumardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202327A18235609. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202327A18235609.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paranotropis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 March 2025.