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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusNotropis
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IUCN DD · Data deficient

Papaloapan Chub

Notropis moralesi de Buen, 1955

Also calledSardinita de Tepelmene (spa) · carpita Tepelneme (spa)

First described in: de Buen, F. (1956). Contribuciones a la ictiologia. XI. El primer representante (Notropis moralesi nov. sp.) de la familia Cyprinidae en la fauna neotropical. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biologia de la Universidad de Mexico.</em> 26 (for 1955): 527-541. [Date of publication from Carter Gilbert, 1 July 2015.].

The Papaloapan chub (Graodus moralesi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is found only in Mexico, and bears a Spanish name "Sardinita de Tepelmene".

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2362294.