Cyprinidae

Durango Shiner

Notropis aulidion

A Carp from Mexican Waters

• Freshwater fish

The Durango shiner (Notropis aulidion) was an extinct species of freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. It was found only in Mexico. The Durango shiner was native to the Rio Tunal, which forms the headwaters of the San Pedro Mezquital River, a Pacific slope river rising near Durango City, Durango, Mexico (Chernoff and Miller 1986).