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Fieryblack Shiner

Cyprinella pyrrhomelas

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 46, February 55, March 51, April 82, May 82, June 49, July 40, August 37, September 48, October 48, November 37, December 42.
United States1,125
North Carolina617
Tennessee321
South Carolina166
Georgia21

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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