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Cyprinidae
Bluenose Shiner
Pteronotropis welaka
Six Point Five Centimeters Carp from North American Waters
- Blue
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- West Asia
- Small
- Tropical fish
Blue
Tropical
Regional distribution
SmallThe bluenose shiner (Pteronotropis welaka) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is found only in the United States, mostly in Florida and parts of Alabama and Georgia; its habitat is deep, slow-moving coastal creeks and small to medium rivers. It prefers deep pools than shallow areas.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pteronotropis
- Maximum length
- 6.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Middle St. Johns River drainage in Florida; Gulf drainages (mostly below Fall Line) from Apalachicola River in Georgia and Florida to Pearl River in Mississippi and Louisiana, USA.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
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