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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusNotropis
Notropis mekistocholas
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Cape Fear Shiner

Notropis mekistocholas Snelson, 1971

Also calledjeleček chathamský (ces)

First described in: Snelson, F. F., Jr. (1971). Notropis mekistocholas, a new herbivorous cyprinid fish endemic to the Cape Fear River basin, North Carolina. <em>Copeia.</em> 1971 (3): 449-462.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Notropis mekistocholas in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2362226.