Coosa shiner (Notropis xaenocephalus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States where it inhabits the Coosa and Tallapoosa river systems in the Mobile Bay drainage above the Fall Line in southeastern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, and eastern Alabama.

Coosa shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. xaenocephalus
Binomial name
Notropis xaenocephalus
(Jordan, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Hybopsis xaenocephalus Jordan, 1877

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis xaenocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202336A18235989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202336A18235989.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.