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.