Stargazing minnow

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Stargazing minnow
FMIB 51355 Minnow Phenacobius uranops.jpeg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Phenacobius
Species:
P. uranops
Binomial name
Phenacobius uranops
Cope, 1867

The stargazing minnow (Phenacobius uranops) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is distributed in the Green, Cumberland and Tennessee River drainages in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. [2]

This fish is generally about 8 cm long, and grows to 12 cm at most. It is common and abundant and not considered to be threatened. [2]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Phenacobius uranops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T202345A18234319. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202345A18234319.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Phenacobius uranops". FishBase .


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