Pygmy shiner
The pygmy shiner (Notropis tropicus) is a species of cyprinid fish.[2][3] It is endemic to the Pánuco River basin in east–central Mexico.[4] Its type locality is Tamesí River at Llera in the state of Tamaulipas.[2] It is a small species, less than 4 cm (1.6 in) in standard length.[1]
| Pygmy shiner | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. tropicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Notropis tropicus | |
References
- Hubbs, Carl L.; Miller, Robert Rush (1975). "Notropis tropicus, a new cyprinid fish from eastern Mexico". Southwestern Naturalist. 20 (1): 121–131. doi:10.2307/3670018. JSTOR 3670018.
- Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (4 January 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Notropis tropicus" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- Soto-Galera, E.; Alcántara-Soria, L.; Paulo-Maya, J. (2011). "Estado actual de la ictiofauna dulceacuícola de la provincia del complejo Tamesí-Pánuco" (PDF). Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas. Informe final SNIB-CONABIO proyecto No. FM027. México, D.F.
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