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Cyprinidae
Cherryfin shiner
Lythrurus roseipinnis
Carp Moving Through North American Waters
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallCherryfin shiner is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Lythrurus
- Maximum length
- 7.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Gulf drainages from extreme lower Mobile Bay basin in Alabama to Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana, USA; Yazoo River, Big Black River and Bayou Pierre drainages (Mississippi River basin) in Mississippi, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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