| Blackmouth shiner | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Miniellus |
| Species: | M. melanostomus |
| Binomial name | |
| Miniellus melanostomus (Bortone, 1989) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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The blackmouth shiner (Miniellus melanostomus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. [2] It is endemic to the United States. It is found in the Blackwater-Yellow river systems in Florida, Bay Minette Creek in Alabama, and the lower Pascagoula River system in Mississippi.