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Cyprinidae
Blackspot Shiner
Notropis atrocaudalis
Carp Reaching Seven Point Six Centimeters
- Black
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Black
Temperate
Regional distribution
SmallThe blackspot shiner (Notropis atrocaudalis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States and found in the lower Brazos River drainage of eastern Texas east to the Calcasieu River drainage of southwestern Louisiana and the Red River drainage of southeastern Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas, and northwestern Louisiana. It grows to 7.6 cm (3.0 in) total length.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Notropis
- Maximum length
- 7.6 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Red (Mississippi River basin) and Calcasieu River (Gulf Slope) drainages to Brazos River drainage in southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, western Louisiana and eastern Texas, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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