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Cyprinidae
Whitetail shiner
Cyprinella galactura
Fifteen Centimeters Carp of North American Waters
- White
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
White
Tropical
Regional distribution
MediumWhitetail shiner is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 15 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Cyprinella
- Maximum length
- 15 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: disjunct range east and west of Former Mississippi Embayment. Cumberland and Tennessee River drainages; upper Savannah and Santee drainages (Atlantic Slope); and upper New River drainage in West Virginia and Virginia; St. Francis and White River drainages in Missouri and Arkansas, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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