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Sharpnose Shiner
Notropis oxyrhynchus
The sharpnose shiner (Notropis oxyrhynchus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to Texas in the United States, where it is limited to the upper Brazos River basin. In 2013 it became a candidate for federal listing as an endangered species of the United States.
From the article Sharpnose shiner on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This is a slender minnow generally measuring 3 to 5 centimeters in length at maturity, but it is known to reach 9.5 centimeters. It is silver with a faint line extending from the gills to the tail. The snout is pointed.
Range & habitat
Today the fish occurs mainly in the upper Brazos River system above Possum Kingdom Lake, it is rarely observed below this reservoir and may be extirpated from most or all of the tributaries in the lower river system. Populations are extirpated from the Wichita River, which represented nearly 70% of the known former range of the species. In the upper Brazos it is still a common species.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 107245.