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Luxilus coccogenis (Cope, 1868)

Warpaint shiner
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Common names: Warpaint shiner
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the upper Tennessee River drainage in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, northern Georgia and northern Alabama, and adjacent tributaries of Savannah River in North Carolina and South Carolina, Santee River in North Carolina and New River in North Carolina (Ref. 86798). May be introduced in New and Santee River drainages (Ref. 5723, 86798). Also Ref. 10294.
National Checklist:
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

Luxilus alabamský, Punapõsk-helkteibik, 猩红闪光美洲鱥, ... more

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);  coccogenis: coccogenis, meaning berry-red cheek (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Cope.

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

Freshwater; pelagic.   Temperate; 38°N - 34°N

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