Highscale shiner
| Highscale shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Alburnops |
| Species: | A. hypsilepis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alburnops hypsilepis | |
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The highscale shiner (Alburnops hypsilepis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It is endemic to the United States where it is found in sandy-bottomed tributary streams of the Chattahoochee and Flint river systems in Georgia and eastern Alabama.[3] They were also historically found in the uppermost reaches of the Savannah river drainage.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2014). "Notropis hypsilepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T202307A19032803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T202307A19032803.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Alburnops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Notropis hypsilepis". georgiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ "Highscale Shiner - Notropis hypsilepis". fishmap.org. Retrieved 2023-06-23.