Ironcolor shiner
| Ironcolor shiner | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. chalybaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Notropis chalybaeus (Cope, 1867) | |
The ironcolor shiner (Notropis chalybaeus) is a North American species of freshwater cyprinid fish. It is found in quiet areas of streams or rivers. A quite small fish, less than 6.5 cm.
References
- Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 100 (restricted online copy, p. 100, at Google Books)
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Notropis chalybaeus" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
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