Bleeding shiner
| Bleeding shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Luxilus |
| Species: | L. zonatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Luxilus zonatus (Putnam, 1863)
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| Synonyms | |
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Notropis zonatus | |
The bleeding shiner (Luxilus zonatus) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It occurs in tributaries of Ozark-draining tributaries of the Missouri, and Mississippi rivers in southern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas. Its preferred habitat is rocky and sandy pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers.[2]
References
- ^ NatureServe. 2013. Luxilus zonatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202140A18232045. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202140A18232045.en. Downloaded on 26 November 2017.
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Bleeding shiner Luxilus zonatus Putnam, 1863". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.