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Greenfin shiner

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Greenfin shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Cyprinella
Species:
C. chloristia
Binomial name
Cyprinella chloristia
(D. S. Jordan and Brayton, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Codoma chloristia Jordan & Brayton, 1878
  • Notropis chloristius (Jordan & Brayton, 1878)

The Greenfin shiner (Cyprinella chloristia) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs in the Santee River drainage in North Carolina and South Carolina, and the Peedee River drainage in South Carolina.This species reaches a length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in)[2]

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella chloristia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202078A15363134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202078A15363134.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyprinella chloristia". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  • Jordan D. S., and A. W. Brayton. 1878. Contributions to North American ichthyology, based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum. III. A.-On the distribution of the fishes of the Alleghany region of South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, with descriptions of new or little known species. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 12:1-95.
  • Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p.