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Cyprinidae
Scarlet shiner
Lythrurus fasciolaris
Eight Point Six Centimeters Carp of North American Waters
- Red
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- West Asia
- Small
- Tropical fish
Red
Tropical
Regional distribution
SmallThe scarlet shiner (Lythrurus fasciolaris) is a freshwater fish native to the eastern United States.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Lythrurus
- Maximum length
- 8.6 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Ohio River basin from Muskingum River drainage in Ohio to southeast Illinois (extirpated in Illinois) and south to Tennessee River drainage in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, USA; upper Black Warrior River system (Gulf basin) in Alabama, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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