Broadstripe shiner | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Pteronotropis |
Species: | P. euryzonus
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Binomial name | |
Pteronotropis euryzonus (
Suttkus, 1955)
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Synonyms | |
Notropis euryzonus Suttkus, 1955 |
The broadstripe shiner (Pteronotropis euryzonus) is a species of cyprinid fish [2] endemic to the Chattahoochee River drainage in the states of Georgia and Alabama in the United States. It is recorded in freshwater and lives in a benthopelagic environment. The climate that they are known to be found in is temperate. The distribution of this species is within North America and in the middle Chattahoochee River drainage. [3] They occupy clay, sand and bedrock pools of headwaters, creeks, and small rivers. [4] It is common to find this species within the vegetation. [3] The average length of the broadstripe shiner as an unsexed male is about 7 centimeters or about 2 inches. [5]
Broadstripe shiner | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Pteronotropis |
Species: | P. euryzonus
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Binomial name | |
Pteronotropis euryzonus (
Suttkus, 1955)
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Synonyms | |
Notropis euryzonus Suttkus, 1955 |
The broadstripe shiner (Pteronotropis euryzonus) is a species of cyprinid fish [2] endemic to the Chattahoochee River drainage in the states of Georgia and Alabama in the United States. It is recorded in freshwater and lives in a benthopelagic environment. The climate that they are known to be found in is temperate. The distribution of this species is within North America and in the middle Chattahoochee River drainage. [3] They occupy clay, sand and bedrock pools of headwaters, creeks, and small rivers. [4] It is common to find this species within the vegetation. [3] The average length of the broadstripe shiner as an unsexed male is about 7 centimeters or about 2 inches. [5]