Whitefin shiner
| Whitefin shiner | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Cyprinella |
| Species: | C. nivea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinella nivea (Cope, 1870) | |
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The whitefin shiner (Cyprinella nivea) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs on the Atlantic Slope from the Neuse River drainage in North Carolina to the Savannah River drainage in Georgia.
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella nivea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T202084A15364055. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202084A15364055.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cyprinella". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyprinella nivea". FishBase. February 2014 version.
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