Pretty shiner

Pretty shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Genus:Lythrurus
Species: L. bellus
Binomial name
Lythrurus bellus
(O.P. Hay, 1881)

The pretty shiner (Lythrurus bellus) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It occurs in the Mobile Bay drainage, and the Tennessee River drainage of the Bear and Yellow Creek systems in Alabama and Mississippi. Its preferred habitat is sandy and clay bottomed pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe. 2013. Lythrurus atrapiculus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202143A18234928. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202143A18234928.en. Downloaded on 27 November 2017.
  2. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Pretty shiner Lythrurus bellus Hay, 1881". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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