Kiamichi shiner (''Notropis ortenburgeri'') is a species of fish in the carp family,

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

. It is native to the United States, where it is known only from Arkansas and

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

. This species is a member of genus '' Notropis'', fish known commonly as eastern shiners. It was first described from the

Mountain Fork River Mountain Fork, also known as the Mountain Fork of the Little River, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 3, 2011 tributary of the Little River in western Arkansas and ...

in Oklahoma.Robison, H. W. (2005)
Distribution and status of the Kiamichi shiner, ''Notropis ortenburgeri'' Hubbs (Cyprinidae).
''Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science'' 59 137-47. Today it is known from a few river systems in Oklahoma and Arkansas, including the drainages of the Arkansas, Ouachita, and Red Rivers. About half of the specimens collected have come from the Kiamichi River. It has no official conservation status, but in a 2005 survey of its current distribution it was suggested that the fish be considered a "vulnerable" species. This is a slender fish with a silvery color reaching about 5.5 centimeters in maximum length. The known habitat types of the fish include quiet pools with clear water in creeks and rivers, usually with rocky substrates. It may be found with other fish species such as the

striped shiner The striped shiner (''Luxilus chrysocephalus'') is a member of the family Cyprinidae.Page, L. M., H. Espinoa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, and J. S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of the ...

(''Luxilus chrysocephalus''),

brook silverside ''Labidesthes sicculus'', also known as the Brook silverside is a North American species of Neotropical silverside. The brook silverside lives in slow moving rivers and lakes from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi Basin and Gulf Coastal Plains. T ...

(''Labidesthes sicculus''), blackspotted topminnow (''Fundulus olivaceus''),

longear sunfish The longear sunfish (''Lepomis megalotis'') is a freshwater fish in the sunfish family, Centrarchidae, of order Perciformes. It is native to the area of eastern North America stretching from the Great Lakes down to northeastern Mexico.Berra, Tim ...

(''Lepomis megalotis''), smallmouth bass (''Micropterus dolomieu''), and

greenside darter The greenside darter (''Etheostoma blennioides'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It inhabits swift ...

(''Etheostoma blennioides'').

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Notropis Natural history of Arkansas Natural history of Oklahoma Fish described in 1927 {{Notropis-stub