Blacktip shiner
(Redirected from Lythrurus atrapiculus)
| Blacktip shiner | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Genus: | Lythrurus |
| Species: | L. atrapiculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lythrurus atrapiculus (Snelson, 1972)
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The blacktip shiner (Lythrurus atrapiculus) is a freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It is found in the southeastern United States, particularly the Apalachicola, Choctawhatchee, Yellow and Escambia river drainages in western Georgia, southeastern Alabama and Florida. Its preferred habitat is sandy and gravel bottomed pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers.[3] The Blacktip shiner measures about 6.5 centimeters.[4]
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