Cuatro Cienegas shiner
| Cuatro Cienegas shiner | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Cyprinella |
| Species: | C. xanthicara |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinella xanthicara (W. L. Minckley & Lytle, 1969) | |
The Cuatro Cienegas shiner (Cyprinella xanthicara) is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Distribution
The small fish is endemic to the springs and marshes of the Cuatro Ciénegas and Cuatrociénegas Municipality area of Coahuila state in northeastern Mexico.
It is an Endangered species.
Sources
- IUCN Red List: Cyprinella xanthicara; Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996 . Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Cyprinella xanthicara" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
External links
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