| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Leuciscidae | Miniellus scabriceps | (Cope) | 1868 | New River Shiner |
Miniellus scabriceps
Unique Characters: Broad snout. Large, upwardly directed eye. Slightly subterminal mouth. Eight anal fin rays. Anterior lateral line scale vertically elongated, height about 2 times the width. Tubercles well developed on snout and lower cheek. Restricted to New basin.
Similar Species:
Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus. Anterior lateral scale height about 3 times the width. Eye usually directed to the side. Neuromasts, tiny pit-like sensory structures, well developed on the head. Tubercles absent or poorly developed.
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