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Bleeding Shiner

Luxilus zonatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Missouri.January 53, February 61, March 74, April 135, May 174, June 73, July 62, August 63, September 67, October 61, November 50, December 50.
United States1,420
Missouri390
Illinois317
Arkansas133
Kentucky29
Texas9
Oklahoma3
Georgia2
Alabama1
Kansas1

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
GenusHighscale Shiners · Luxilus

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