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Cyprinidae
Sailfin Shiner
Pteronotropis hypselopterus
Black dot at center of tail base
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallSailfin Shiner is a freshwater fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pteronotropis
- Maximum length
- 7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: Below Fall Line in Gulf drainages from St. Andrews Bay in Florida to Mobile Bay in Alabama, USA; absent in Choctawhatchee River system above mouth of Pea River, Alabama.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
