Tricolor shiner

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Tricolor shiner
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Cyprinella
Species:
C. trichroistia
Binomial name
Cyprinella trichroistia
Synonyms [2]
  • Codoma trichroistia D. S. Jordan & Gilbert, 1878
  • Notropis trichroistia (D. S. Jordan & Gilbert, 1878)

The tricolor shiner (Cyprinella trichroistia) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. [2] This fish is endemic to the United States where it occurs in the Alabama River drainage in Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee.

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella trichroistia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013. IUCN: e.T202087A15361714. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202087A15361714.en . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cyprinella". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 March 2025.