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Comely Shiner

Notropis amoenus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 35, February 43, March 39, April 63, May 63, June 38, July 31, August 29, September 37, October 37, November 28, December 33.
United States1,719
North Carolina476
Maryland339
Virginia283
West Virginia229
New York156
Pennsylvania133
Canada103
Ontario103
New Jersey49

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
GenusEastern Shiners · Notropis

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