White shiner

White shiner
Adult white shiners in the public aquarium at the Edenton National Fish Hatchery in North Carolina in the United States.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Genus:	Luxilus
Species:	L. albeolus
Binomial name
Luxilus albeolus Jordan, 1889

A white shiner larva hatched at the Edenton National Fish Hatchery in North Carolina in the United States.

The white shiner (Luxilus albeolus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces, and minnows. ^[2] It occurs on the Atlantic Slope from the Chowan River system in Virginia to the Cape Fear River drainage in North Carolina to the upper New River drainage in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. Its preferred habitat is rocky and sandy pools and runs of headwaters, creeks, and small rivers. ^[3]

References

1. NatureServe (2013). "Luxilus albeolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T202134A18230426. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202134A18230426.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Luxilus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 13 March 2025.
3. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "White shiner Luxilus albeolus Jordan, 1889". Fishbase . Retrieved 19 November 2017.