Whitefin shiner

Whitefin shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Leuciscinae
Genus:Cyprinella
Species: C. nivea
Binomial name
Cyprinella nivea
(Cope, 1870)
Synonyms

Hybopsis niveus Cope, 1870
Notropis niveus (Cope, 1870)

The whitefin shiner (Cyprinella nivea) is a species of fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs on the Atlantic Slope from the Neuse River drainage in North Carolina to the Savannah River drainage in Georgia.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2016). "Cyprinella nivea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Cyprinella nivea" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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