Ameca shiner
| Ameca shiner | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. amecae |
| Binomial name | |
| Notropis amecae Chernoff & R. R. Miller, 1986 | |
The Ameca shiner (Notropis amecae) is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. The Ameca shiner was described[1] from upper parts of the Rio Ameca drainage in Jalisco, Mexico.[2]
References
- ↑ Chernoff; Miller (1986). Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Miller, Robert R.; Williams, James D.; Williams, Jack E. (1989). "Extinctions of North American Fishes During the past Century". Fisheries 14:6: 22–38. doi:10.1577/1548-8446(1989)014<0022:EONAFD>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Notropis amecae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Ameca shiner on FishBase
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