Notropis perpallidus Hubbs & Black, 1940
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The peppered shiner or colorless shiner (Miniellus perpallidus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the true minnows. It is endemic to the United States where it is found in the Red and Ouachita river drainages in southeastern Oklahoma and southern Arkansas.
Historically the species was found in the Little, Kiamichi, Mountain Fork rivers in Oklahoma and the Antoine, Caddo, Little Missouri, Ouachita, and Saline rivers in Arkansas. However, due to reservoir construction and changes to habitat Peppered Shiners have not been documented outside of the Saline River since 2001 (Robison, 2006).
Wikipedia contributors, Peppered shiner; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:22:31.792958+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Notropis perpallidus Hubbs & Black, 1940
- Name authority
- Hubbs & Black, 1940
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Notropis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusNotropis Rafinesque, 1818
- speciesNotropis perpallidus Hubbs & Black, 1940
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Notropis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Durango ShinerNotropis aulidion Chernoff & Miller, 1986 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notropis candidus Suttkus, 1980 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notropis chiliticus (Cope, 1870) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notropis chlorocephalus (Cope, 1870) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notropis cummingsae Myers, 1925 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz, 1854) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notropis edwardraneyi Suttkus & Clemmer, 1968 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notropis girardi Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notropis heterodon (Cope, 1865) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notropis hypsilepis Suttkus & Raney, 1955 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notropis imeldae Cortés, 1968 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rio Grande ShinerNotropis jemezanus (Cope, 1875) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Hubbs, C. L., & Black, J. D. (1940). Notropis perpallidus, a new minnow from Arkansas. Copeia, 1. https://doi.org/10.2307/1439022 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:47ZJH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.