| Cuatro Cienegas shiner | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Cyprinella |
| Species: | C. xanthicara |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinella xanthicara (W. L. Minckley & Lytle, 1969) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Cuatro Cienegas shiner (Cyprinella xanthicara) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.
Distribution
The small fish is endemic to the springs and marshes of the Cuatro Ciénegas and Cuatrociénegas Municipality area of Coahuila state in northeastern Mexico.
It is an Endangered species.
References
- Hendrickson, D. (2019). "Cyprinella xanthicara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6141A3104687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T6141A3104687.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Cyprinella xanthicara". FishBase.
- Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr., 2008. Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8):372-407.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cyprinella xanthicara | |
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- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Cyprinella
- Endemic fish of Mexico
- Freshwater fish of Mexico
- Cuatrociénegas Municipality
- Natural history of Coahuila
- Endangered fish
- Endangered biota of Mexico
- Endangered fauna of North America
- Taxa named by Wendell L. Minckley
- Taxa named by Glady Lou Lytle
- Fish described in 1969
- Mexican Plateau
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