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Minnows And Carps

Notropis megalops

Classification

Notropis megalops, the West Texas shiner, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It was originally described by the French ichthyologist Charles Frédéric Girard in 1856 but was thought to be a misidentification for the Texas shiner (Notropis amiabilis) but detailed genetic and morphological studies have shown that N. megalops and N.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 47