Fieryblack shiner

The fieryblack shiner (Cyprinella pyrrhomelas) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs in the Santee and Pee Dee river drainages in North and South Carolina.[2]

Fieryblack shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Cyprinella
Species:
C. pyrrhomelas
Binomial name
Cyprinella pyrrhomelas
(Cope, 1870)
Synonyms

Notropis pyrrhomelas(Cope, 1870)
Photogenis pyrrhomelas Cope, 1870

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella pyrrhomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202085A15362452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202085A15362452.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Cyprinella pyrrhomelas" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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