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Whitetail shiner

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Whitetail 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. galactura
Binomial name
Cyprinella galactura
(Cope, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Hypsilepis galacturus Cope, 1868
  • Notropis galacturus (Cope, 1868)

The whitetail shiner (Cyprinella galactura) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It inhabits the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky, Atlantic slope headwaters (upper Savannah and Santee river systems, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia), the upper New River drainage in West Virginia and Virginia, and the Ozark Plateau and Ouachita Mountains portions of the White and St. Francis river systems in Missouri and Arkansas.

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella galactura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202079A15364032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202079A15364032.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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