smalleye shiner

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=NatureServe |date=2013 |title=Notropis buccula |page=e.T14883A19033473 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T14883A19033473.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| image = Smalleye shiner (Notropis buccula) (7417357986).jpg

| taxon = Notropis buccula

| display_parents = 3

| authority = F. B. Cross, 1953

}}

The smalleye shiner (Notropis buccula) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is found only in the upper Brazos River basin of Texas, which includes the Double Mountain and Salt forks of the upper Brazos. It became a candidate for federal listing as an endangered species of the United States in 2013.[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-08-06/pdf/2013-18211.pdf Proposed rule: Endangered species status for the sharpnose shiner and smalleye shiner.] Federal Register 78(151) 47582. August 6, 2013.