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Cyprinidae
Redfin shiner
Lythrurus umbratilis
Fish Reaching Eight Point Eight Centimeters in North American Waters
- Red
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Red
Temperate
Regional distribution
SmallThe redfin shiner (Lythrurus umbratilis) is a freshwater is a freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The redfin shiner is most commonly found in the Ohio and Mississippi River basins, as well as in drainages of the Great Lakes. The diet of the redfin shiner consists mostly of algae and small insects.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Lythrurus
- Maximum length
- 8.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins in western New York, USA and southern Ontario, Canada to southeastern Minnesota and south to Louisiana, USA; Gulf drainages west of Mississippi River to Trinity and San Jacinto rivers in Texas, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
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