Alabama shiner

Alabama shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Leuciscinae
Genus:Cyprinella
Species: C. callistia
Binomial name
Cyprinella callistia
(Jordan, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Photogenis callistius Jordan, 1877
  • Notropis callistius (Jordan, 1877)

The Alabama shiner (Cyprinella callistia) is a species of fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is endemic to the United States where it occurs in the Alabama and Tombigbee river systems in Alabama, Georgia, eastern Mississippi, and extreme southeastern Tennessee.

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella callistia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202076A15362878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202076A15362878.en.

FishBase: "Cyprinella callistia Jordan, 1877"


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