Pretty shiner
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| Pretty shiner | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Genus: | Lythrurus |
| Species: | L. bellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lythrurus bellus (O.P. Hay, 1881) | |
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The pretty shiner (Lythrurus bellus) is a freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] 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.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Lythrurus bellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T184101A18234528. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184101A18234528.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lythrurus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ↑ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Pretty shiner Lythrurus bellus Hay, 1881". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.