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Blacktip Shiner
Lythrurus atrapiculus
The blacktip shiner (Lythrurus atrapiculus) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps 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.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 104953.