Tennessee shiner

Taxobox
name = Tennessee shiner
status = secure


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = Notropis
species = "N. leuciodus"
binomial = "Notropis leuciodus"
binomial_authority = (Cope, 1868)

The Tennessee shiner ("Notropis leuciodus"), is a North American species of temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Notropis genus of the cyprinid family. The natural geographic range is limited to the Green, Cumberland, and Tennessee River drainages in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. [Page, Lawrence M. and Brooks M. Burr (1991), "Freshwater Fishes", p. 142-143, Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. ISBN 0-395-91091-9]

The Tennessee shiner reaches a maximum length of 8.2cm. [FishBase species | genus = Notropis | species = leuciodus | year = 2007 | month = March]

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