New River shiner

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New River shiner (Notropis scabriceps) is a small ray-finned fish that lives only in the New River drainage of West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN, meaning it’s not currently at high risk of extinction.

Scientific name: Notropis scabriceps (Cope, 1868)
Synonym: Photogenis scabriceps

Classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Actinopterygii
- Order: Cypriniformes
- Family: Leuciscidae
- Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
- Genus: Notropis
- Species: Notropis scabriceps