Blacktip Shiner
Lythrurus atrapiculus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The blacktip shiner is a freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is found in the southeastern United States, particularly the Apalachicola, Choctawhatchee, Yellow and Escambia river drainages in western Georgia, southeastern Alabama and Florida. Its preferred habitat is sandy and gravel bottomed pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers. The Blacktip shiner measures about 6.5 centimeters.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Lythrurus