Cuatro Cienegas shiner
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Cyprinella |
| Species: | C. xanthicara
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinella xanthicara (W. L. Minckley & Lytle, 1969)
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The Cuatro Cienegas shiner (Cyprinella xanthicara) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.
Distribution
[edit]The small fish is endemic to the springs and marshes of the Cuatro Ciénegas and Cuatrociénegas Municipality area of Coahuila state in northeastern Mexico.
It is an Endangered species.
References
[edit]- ^ Hendrickson, D. (2019). "Cyprinella xanthicara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6141A3104687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T6141A3104687.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Cyprinella xanthicara". FishBase.
- Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr., 2008. Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8):372-407.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Cyprinella
- Endemic fish of Mexico
- Freshwater fish of Mexico
- Cuatrociénegas Municipality
- Natural history of Coahuila
- Endangered fish
- Endangered biota of Mexico
- Endangered fauna of North America
- Taxa named by Wendell L. Minckley
- Taxa named by Glady Lou Lytle
- Fish described in 1969
- Mexican Plateau
- Leuciscinae stubs