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Cyprinidae
Taillight Shiner
Notropis maculatus
Male body and fins flush pink
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallTaillight Shiner is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Notropis
- Maximum length
- 7.6 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: in Atlantic, Gulf, and Mississippi River basins from Cape Fear River in North Carolina, USA to Sabine River in Texas, USA; north in Former Mississippi Embayment to southern Illinois, USA; throughout Florida, USA except in extreme southern tip.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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