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Cyprinella galactura (Cope, 1868)

Whitetail shiner
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Common names: Whitetail shiner
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Disjunct range east and west of Former Mississippi Embayment. Cumberland and Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; upper Savannah and Santee drainages (Atlantic Slope) in North Carolina, South Caroline, and Georgia; and upper New River drainage in West Virginia and Virginia; St. Francis and White River drainages in Missouri and Arkansas (Ref. 86798). Common; locally abundant (Ref. 86798). Introduced in Big Sandy and upper New systems of the Ohio River drainage (Ref. 10294). Also Ref. 5723.
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
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Common names from other countries

Jelčík běloocasý, Valgesaba-pisikarbik, 乳色真小鲤, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Cyprinella: Latin, cyprinus = carp (Ref. 45335);  galactura: From the words galactos, meaning milk and oura, meaning tail (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Cope.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Subtropical; 38°N - 34°N

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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