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Blue Shiner 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Cyprinella Species: C. caerulea Binomial name Cyprinella caerulea
(D. S. Jordan, 1877)The Blue Shiner (Cyprinella caerulea) is a rare species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is native to Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee in the United States.[1] It is a federally listed threatened species of the United States.[2]
References
- ^ USFWS. Cyprinella caerulea Recovery Plan. August 1995.
- ^ Stephens, C. M. and R. L. Mayden. (1999). Threatened Fishes of the World: Cyprinella caerulea Jordan, 1877 (Cyprinidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 55(3) 264.
External links
- Cyprinella caerulea. FishBase.
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Cyprinella caerulea. 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 October 2011.
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