Cardinal shiner

Cardinal shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Genus:Luxilus
Species: L. cardinalis
Binomial name
Luxilus cardinalis
(Mayden, 1988)
Synonyms

Notropis cardinalis

The cardinal shiner (Luxilus cardinalis) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It occurs from the Arkansas River drainage in southwestern Missouri, northwestern Arkansas, eastern Kansas and eastern Oklahoma to the Red River drainage in southeastern Oklahoma, where it was probably introduced. Its preferred habitat is rocky and sandy pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe. 2013. Luxilus cardinalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202135A18232235. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202135A18232235.en. Downloaded on 26 November 2017.
  2. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Cardinal shiner Luxilus cardinalis Mayden, 1988". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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