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Telescope Shiner (Notropis telescopus)
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Telescope Shiner (Notropis telescopus) specimen
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Cyprinidae

Telescope Shiner

Notropis telescopus

Eleven Point Five Centimeters Carp of North American Waters

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • North America
  • West Asia
  • Small
  • Temperate fish

Telescope Shiner is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Maximum length
11.5 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
North America: disjunct: Cumberland and Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, USA; Little, St. Francis and White River drainages in Missouri and Arkansas, USA.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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