Biology:Broadstripe shiner

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Broadstripe shiner
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Pteronotropis
Species:
P. euryzonus
Binomial name
Pteronotropis euryzonus
(Suttkus, 1955)
Synonyms

Notropis euryzonus Suttkus, 1955

The broadstripe shiner (Pteronotropis euryzonus) is a species of cyprinid fish[2] endemic to the Chattahoochee River drainage in the states of Georgia and Alabama in the United States . It is recorded in freshwater and lives in a benthopelagic environment. The climate that they are known to be found in is temperate. The distribution of this species is within North America and in the middle Chattahoochee River drainage.[3] They occupy clay, sand and bedrock pools of headwaters, creeks, and small rivers.[4] It is common to find this species within the vegetation.[3] The average length of the broadstripe shiner as an unsexed male is about 7 centimeters or about 2 inches.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1105086 entry

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