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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Ray-finned Fishes
  5. Minnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches
  6. True Minnows
  7. North American Minnows
  8. Finescale Shiners

genus

Finescale Shiners

Lythrurus

Includes
7 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Redfin Shiner native
  • Scarlet Shiner native
  • Rosefin Shiner native
  • Ribbon Shiner native
  • Pretty Shiner presumed native
  • Cherryfin Shiner presumed native
  • Pinewoods Shiner native
  • Mountain Shiner native
  • Blacktip Shiner
  • Ouachita Mountain Shiner
  • Warrior Shiner

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native finescale shiners All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis 521 observations
  • Scarlet Shiner Lythrurus fasciolaris 482 observations
  • Rosefin Shiner Lythrurus ardens 248 observations
  • Ribbon Shiner Lythrurus fumeus 167 observations
  • Pinewoods Shiner Lythrurus matutinus 69 observations
  • Mountain Shiner Lythrurus lirus 62 observations

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