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Luxilus cerasinus (Cope, 1868)

Crescent shiner
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Crescent shiner
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from James, Roanoke, Chowan, New, and extreme upper Cape Fear River drainages in Virginia and North Carolina (Ref. 86798). Common to abundant in Roanoke drainage; may be introduced in other drainages (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 5723.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Luxilus: Latin, luxilus, derived from Lux = light, refered to a small silvery fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cope.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal.   Temperate; 38°N - 36°N

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