Broadstripe shiner

Broadstripe shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Leuciscinae
Genus:Pteronotropis
Species: P. euryzonus
Binomial name
Pteronotropis euryzonus
(Suttkus, 1955)
Synonyms

Notropis euryzonus Suttkus, 1955

The broadstripe shiner (Pteronotropis euryzonus) is a species of cyprinid fish[2] endemic to the Chattahoochee River drainage in the states of Georgia and Alabama in the United States. It is recorded in freshwater and lives in a benthopelagic environment. The climate that they are known to be found in is temperate. The distribution of this species is within North America and in the middle Chattahoochee River drainage.[3] They occupy clay, sand and bedrock pools of headwaters, creeks, and small rivers.[4] It is common to find this species within the vegetation.[3] The average length of the broadstripe shiner as an unsexed male is about 7 centimeters or about 2 inches.[5]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2014). "Pteronotropis euryzonus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T202351A19035222.
  2. ↑ "Broadstripe shiner (Pteronotropis euryzonus)". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Pteronotropis euryzonus (Suttkus, 1955) Broadstripe shiner". Fish Base. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pteronotropis euryzonus". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "BROADSTRIPE SHINER". Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

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