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Lythrurus umbratilis (Girard, 1856)

Redfin shiner
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Common names: Redfin 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 Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins in western New York to southeastern Minnesota and south to Louisiana; Gulf drainages west of Mississippi River to Trinity and San Jacinto rivers in Texas (Ref. 86798). Type locality: Sugar Loaf Creek, Sebastian County, Arkansas (Ref. 79012). Common; locally abundant (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 5723, 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

Tahmuim-rahkteibik, Třpytivka červenoploutvá, 蛰居美洲石鱥, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Lythrurus: Greek, lythron = blood + Greek, oura = tail; the red breeding colours in most members of this genus (Ref. 45335);  umbratilis: From the word umbra, meaning shade (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Girard.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Temperate; 44°N - 31°N

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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