Coastal shiner

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Coastal shiner
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Alburnops
Species:
A. petersoni
Binomial name
Alburnops petersoni
(Fowler, 1942)
Synonyms [2]
  • Notropis petersoniFowler, 1942

The coastal shiner (Alburnops petersoni) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. [2] It is endemic to the United States where it is found in Atlantic and Gulf slope drainages from the Cape Fear and Waccamaw river drainages, North Carolina, south to southern Florida, and west to Jordan River in Mississippi.

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis petersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T202317A18233183. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202317A18233183.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Alburnops". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 March 2025.


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