Bedrock shiner
(Redirected from Notropis rupestris)
| Bedrock shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. rupestris
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis rupestris Page, 1987
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The bedrock shiner (Notropis rupestris) 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 inhabits the lower Caney Fork system and nearby tributaries of the central Cumberland River drainage in Tennessee.
It has an elongated body, a black stripe around its snout and base, a slender body, an arched nape and a dorsal fin.
References
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- Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 93 (restricted online copy, p. 93, at Google Books)
- Bedrock shiner on FishBase
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