Whitefin shiner

The whitefin shiner (Cyprinella nivea) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs on the Atlantic Slope from the Neuse River drainage in North Carolina to the Savannah River drainage in Georgia.[2]

Whitefin shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Cyprinella
Species:
C. nivea
Binomial name
Cyprinella nivea
(Cope, 1870)
Synonyms

Hybopsis niveus Cope, 1870
Notropis niveus (Cope, 1870)

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella nivea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202084A15364055. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202084A15364055.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Cyprinella nivea" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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