Cuatro Cienegas shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Cyprinella
Species:
C. xanthicara
Binomial name
Cyprinella xanthicara
(W. L. Minckley & Lytle, 1969)
Synonyms
  • Notropis xanthicara Minckley & Lytle, 1969

The Cuatro Cienegas shiner (Cyprinella xanthicara) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.

Distribution

The small fish is endemic to the springs and marshes of the Cuatro Ciénegas and Cuatrociénegas Municipality area of Coahuila state in northeastern Mexico.

It is an Endangered species.

References

  1. Hendrickson, D. (2019). "Cyprinella xanthicara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6141A3104687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T6141A3104687.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Cyprinella xanthicara" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
  • Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr., 2008. Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8):372-407.


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