Pteronotropis
Appearance
Pteronotropis | |
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Flagfin shiner (Pteronotropis signipinnis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Pteronotropis Fowler, 1935 |
Type species | |
Alburnus formosus Putnam, 1863
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Pteronotropis is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the United States.[1]
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:
- Pteronotropis euryzonus (Suttkus, 1955) (Broadstripe shiner)
- Pteronotropis grandipinnis (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Apalachee shiner)
- Pteronotropis hubbsi (R. M. Bailey & H. W. Robison, 1978) (Bluehead shiner)
- Pteronotropis hypselopterus (Günther, 1868) (Sailfin shiner)
- Pteronotropis merlini (Suttkus & Mettee, 2001) (Orangetail shiner)
- Pteronotropis metallicus (D. S. Jordan & Meek, 1884) (Metallic shiner)
- Pteronotropis signipinnis (R. M. Bailey & Suttkus, 1952) (Flagfin shiner)
- Pteronotropis stonei (Fowler, 1921) (Lowland shiner)
- Pteronotropis welaka (Evermann & Kendall, 1898) (Bluenose shiner)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pteronotropis". FishBase. January 2016 version.