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Notropis Rafinesque, 1818

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Descriptions of two new genera of North American fishes, Opsanus and Notropis. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 2 (3) (Jan. 1818): 203-204.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cypriniformes
family
Cyprinidae
genus
Notropis

Name

Synonyms
Alburnellus Girard, 1856
Alburnops Girard, 1856
Chriope Jordan, 1878
Episema Cope & Jordan, 1877
Erinemus Jordan, 1876
Graodus Günther, 1868
Hudsonius Girard, 1856
Hybobsis
Hydrophlox Jordan, 1878
Miniellus Jordan, 1882
Minnilus Rafinesque, 1820
Minnulus Rafinesque, 1820
Minulus Rafinesque, 1820
Nazatexico Whitley, 1931
Neotropis
Nototropis Jordan, 1877
Opsopoea Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Orcella Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Orcula Jordan & Evermann, 1900
Paranotropis Fowler, 1904
Homonyms
Notropis Rafinesque, 1818
Common names
Eastern Shiners in English
eastern shiners in English
eastern shiners in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Amer. mon. Mag., 2 (3)
  2. Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .
  3. Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .
  4. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  5. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  6. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
  7. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  8. FishBase
  9. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  10. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1230 Notropis Rafinesque, 1818 (Pisces): the gender is masculine.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(4), 241-242 (1982)
  11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  12. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  13. Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Descriptions of two new genera of North American fishes, Opsanus and Notropis. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 2 (3) (Jan. 1818): 203-204.
  14. Schönhuth, S., A. Perdices, L. Lozano-Vilano, F. J. García-de-León, H. Espinosa, and R. L. Mayden, 2014: Phylogenetic relationships of North American western chubs of the genus Gila (Cyprinidae, Teleostei), with emphasis on southern species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 70. 210-230.
  15. Tan, Milton, and Jonathon W. Armbruster, 2018: Phylogenetic classification of extant genera of fishes of the order Cypriniformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Zootaxa, vol. 4476, no. 1. 6-39.
  16. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  17. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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