Mirror shiner
(Notropis spectrunculus)

Image source: Kevin Metcalf | inaturalist.org

Classification

Species: Notropis spectrunculus
Genus: Notropis - Eastern shiners
Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Mirror shiner
Habitat: Freshwater
Climate: Temperate
Native: North America
Distribution: Tennessee River

The mirror shiner (Notropis spectrunculus). is a species small freshwater cyprinid fish of the upper Tennessee River drainage in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia, in the USA.

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