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Cyprinidae
Pretty shiner
Lythrurus bellus
Seven Point Five Centimeters Carp from North American Waters
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallThe pretty shiner (Lythrurus bellus) is a freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces 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.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Lythrurus
- Maximum length
- 7.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Mobile Bay drainage, Bear and Yellow Creek systems (in Tennessee River drainage) in Alabama and Mississippi, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
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