The pretty shiner (Lythrurus bellus) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It occurs in the Mobile Bay drainage, and the Tennessee River drainage of the Bear and Yellow Creek systems in Alabama and Mississippi. Its preferred habitat is sandy and clay bottomed pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers.[2]

Pretty shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Lythrurus
Species:
L. bellus
Binomial name
Lythrurus bellus
(O.P. Hay, 1881)

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Lythrurus bellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184101A18234528. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184101A18234528.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Pretty shiner Lythrurus bellus Hay, 1881". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.