The smalleye shiner (Notropis buccula) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae (carps and minnows). It is found only in the upper Brazos River basin of Texas, which includes the Double Mountain and Salt forks of the upper Brazos.[1] It became a candidate for federal listing as an endangered species of the United States in 2013.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. buccula
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis buccula F. B. Cross, 1953
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b NatureServe (2013). "Notropis buccula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T14883A19033473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T14883A19033473.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Proposed rule: Endangered species status for the sharpnose shiner and smalleye shiner. Federal Register 78(151) 47582. August 6, 2013.
Further reading
edit- Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 86 (restricted online copy, p. 86, at Google Books)
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Notropis buccula". FishBase. October 2014 version.