Highfin shiner
Highfin shiner (Notropis altipinnis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in the lower Roanoke River drainage from southeastern Virginia, south in Piedmont and Coastal Plain areas to the middle Savannah River drainage in South Carolina.
| Highfin shiner | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. altipinnis |
| Binomial name | |
| Notropis altipinnis (Cope, 1870) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alburnellus altipinnis Cope, 1870 | |
References
- NatureServe (2013). "Notropis altipinnis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T202281A18234844. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202281A18234844.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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