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Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867)

Spotfin shiner
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Common names: Spotfin 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 Atlantic coastal drainages from Hudson through Potomac River drainage in Virginia, USA; Great Lakes (except Lake Superior), Hudson Bay (Red River) and Mississippi River basins from New York to North Dakota and south to Alabama and eastern Oklahoma; isolated populations in Ozarks (Ref. 86798). Chesapeake Bay: found in large tributaries, occasionally collected in waters with salinities greater than 5% but is typically found in lakes and in large creeks and rivers (Ref. 27549).
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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

Méné bleu, 斑鳍真小鲤, Jelčík skvrnoploutvý, ... 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);  spiloptera: From the words spilos, meaning spot and pteron, meaning wing or fin (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Cope.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Subtropical; 47°N - 34°N

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