Plateau shiner

Bannerfin shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Leuciscinae
Genus:Cyprinella
Species: C. lepida
Binomial name
Cyprinella lepida
Girard, 1856
Synonyms
  • Notropis lepidus (Girard, 1856)

The Plateau shiner (Cyprinella lepida) is a species of fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs on the Edwards Plateau in Texas where it inhabits the upper Guadalupe and Nueces River drainages.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2016). "Cyprinella lepida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Cyprinella lepida" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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