Dusky shiner
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Pteronotropis |
| Species: | P. cummingsae
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteronotropis cummingsae (G. S. Myers, 1925)
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The dusky shiner (Pteronotropis cummingsae) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in the lower Tar River drainage, North Carolina, south to Altamaha River drainage in Georgia, the St. Johns River drainage in Florida, and the Aucilla River drainage to Choctawhatchee River drainage, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Notropis cummingsae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202299A2743406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202299A2743406.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pteronotropis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- Sources
- Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 101 (restricted online copy, p. 101, at Google Books)
- Dusky shiner on FishBase