Biology:Dusky shiner

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Dusky shiner
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Pteronotropis
Species:
P. cummingsae
Binomial name
Pteronotropis cummingsae
(G. S. Myers, 1925)
Synonyms[2]
  • Notropis cummingsae Myers, 1925
  • Notropis cummingsae collis C. L. Hubbs & Raney, 1951

The dusky shiner (Pteronotropis cummingsae) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in the lower Tar River drainage, North Carolina, south to Altamaha River drainage in Georgia, the St. Johns River drainage in Florida, and the Aucilla River drainage to Choctawhatchee River drainage, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.

References

Notes
Sources
  • Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 101 (restricted online copy, p. 101, at Google Books)
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Wikidata ☰ Q3759795 entry