Paranotropis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The fishes in this genus are found in North America.
| Paranotropis | |
|---|---|
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| Tennessee shiner (Paranotropis leuciodus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Paranotropis Fowler, 1904[1] |
| Type species | |
| Photogenis leuciodus | |
Species
editParanotropis contains the following valid species:[2]
- Paranotropis buchanani (Meek, 1896) (Ghost shiner)
- Paranotropis cahabae (Mayden & Kuhajda, 1989) (Cahaba shiner)
- Paranotropis leuciodus (Cope, 1868) (Tennessee shiner)
- Paranotropis ozarcanus (Meek, 1891) (Ozark shiner)
- Paranotropis shumardi (Girard, 1856) (Silverband shiner)
- Paranotropis spectrunculus (Cope, 1868) (Mirror shiner)
- Paranotropis volucellus (Cope, 1865) (Mimic shiner)
- Paranotropis wickliffi (Trautman, 1931) (Channel shiner)
References
edit- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pogonichthyinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paranotropis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 March 2025.