Greenfin shiner

The greenfin shiner (Cyprinella chloristia) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs in the Santee River drainage in North Carolina and South Carolina, and the Peedee River drainage in South Carolina.[2]

Greenfin shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Cyprinella
Species:
C. chloristia
Binomial name
Cyprinella chloristia
(D. S. Jordan and Brayton, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Codoma chloristia Jordan & Brayton, 1878
  • Notropis chloristius (Jordan & Brayton, 1878)

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella chloristia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202078A15363134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202078A15363134.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Cyprinella chloristia" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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