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Apalachicola Blacktail Shiner

Cyprinella eurystoma

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 12, February 10, March 6, April 11, May 8, June 5, July 5, August 4, September 5, October 6, November 5, December 5.
United States146
Alabama71
Georgia41
North Carolina3
Mississippi1
Louisiana1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilyTrue Minnows · Leuciscidae
GenusSatinfin Shiners · Cyprinella

Sources

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