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Notropis
Notropis
Translingual
Proper noun
Notropis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – the eastern shiners, small freshwater fish of North America.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Ostariophysi - superorder; Cypriniformes - order; Cyprinoidea - superfamily; Cyprinidae - family; Leuciscinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Notropis atherinoides (emerald shiner) - type species; for 90 accepted species see Notropis at Fishbase.