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Pteronotropis
''Pteronotropis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemism, endemic to the United States. Characteristics The genus is characterized by a broad dark blue stripe along the side. The genus has large anal and dorsal fins, as well as a compressed body. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * ''Pteronotropis euryzonus'' (Royal Dallas Suttkus, Suttkus, 1955) (Broadstripe shiner) * ''Pteronotropis grandipinnis'' (David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Apalachee shiner) * ''Pteronotropis hubbsi'' (Reeve Maclaren Bailey, R. M. Bailey & Henry W. Robison, H. W. Robison, 1978) (Bluehead shiner) * ''Pteronotropis hypselopterus'' (Albert Günther, Günther, 1868) (Sailfin shiner) * ''Pteronotropis merlini'' (Royal Dallas Suttkus, Suttkus & Maurice F. Mettee, Mettee, 2001) (Orangetail shiner) * ''Pteronotropis metallicus'' (David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Seth Eugene Meek, Meek, 1884) (Metallic shiner) * ''Pteronotropis signipinnis'' (Reeve Maclaren Bailey, R. M. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteronotropis
''Pteronotropis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemism, endemic to the United States. Characteristics The genus is characterized by a broad dark blue stripe along the side. The genus has large anal and dorsal fins, as well as a compressed body. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * ''Pteronotropis euryzonus'' (Royal Dallas Suttkus, Suttkus, 1955) (Broadstripe shiner) * ''Pteronotropis grandipinnis'' (David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Apalachee shiner) * ''Pteronotropis hubbsi'' (Reeve Maclaren Bailey, R. M. Bailey & Henry W. Robison, H. W. Robison, 1978) (Bluehead shiner) * ''Pteronotropis hypselopterus'' (Albert Günther, Günther, 1868) (Sailfin shiner) * ''Pteronotropis merlini'' (Royal Dallas Suttkus, Suttkus & Maurice F. Mettee, Mettee, 2001) (Orangetail shiner) * ''Pteronotropis metallicus'' (David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Seth Eugene Meek, Meek, 1884) (Metallic shiner) * ''Pteronotropis signipinnis'' (Reeve Maclaren Bailey, R. M. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteronotropis Euryzonus
The broadstripe shiner (''Pteronotropis euryzonus'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Chattahoochee River drainage in the states of Georgia and Alabama in the United States. It is recorded in freshwater and lives in a benthopelagic environment. The climate that they are known to be found in is temperate. The distribution of this species is within North America and in the middle Chattahoochee River The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ... drainage. They occupy clay, sand and bedrock pools of headwaters, creeks, and small rivers. It is common to find this species within the vegetation. The average length of the broadstripe shiner as an unsexed male is about 7 centimeters or about 2 inches. References Notes * Pteronotropis Cyprinid fish of North Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flagfin Shiner
The flagfin shiner (''Pteronotropis signipinnis'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae (minnows), in the order Cypriniformes (carp). Distribution This freshwater species is benthopelagic and usually occurs over sand near vegetation, in creeks, small rivers, and flowing pools and runs of headwaters. They are found in the United States in the Apalachicola river in Florida, Pearl River in Mississippi, and parts of Louisiana. They are also found in Alabama but occur rarely. Description It is small and colourful, growing to between 40 and 55 mm. The body tapers to a narrow caudal peduncle. Much of the sides are covered by a lateral band dark in colour. The caudal, dorsal and anal fins are yellow or red-orange with black marginal rays. Present on the caudal fin base are two bright sulfur-yellow spots, with the region between the spots being substantially darker. The flagfin shiner exists syntopically with the sailfin shiner The sailfin shiner (''Pteronotropi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteronotropis Hypselopterus
The sailfin shiner (''Pteronotropis hypselopterus'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the southeastern United States. Description The sailfin shiner has a deep and compressed body, with a narrow base for the caudal fin. Its lateral line is curved downward. It has a maximum total length of 7 cm (2.75 in). The fish is pink-brown or olive on the top half and a white or light pink on the bottom half. It has a dark brown stripe that extends from the head to the dorsal fin, and has a steel-blue stripe along the side that has a thin pink to red line bordering above. The base of the caudal fin has a small red spot on the top and bottom of the side, while a black spot is on the center of the side of the base of the caudal fin. The dorsal fin has a dusky central band, and other fins are a yellow to light orange. The dorsal and anal fins are almost triangular, resembling sails, from which their common name is derived. Breeding males have light orange edges on their dorsal fins. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteronotropis Signipinnis
The flagfin shiner (''Pteronotropis signipinnis'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae (minnows), in the order Cypriniformes (carp). Distribution This freshwater species is benthopelagic and usually occurs over sand near vegetation, in creeks, small rivers, and flowing pools and runs of headwaters. They are found in the United States in the Apalachicola river in Florida, Pearl River in Mississippi, and parts of Louisiana. They are also found in Alabama but occur rarely. Description It is small and colourful, growing to between 40 and 55 mm. The body tapers to a narrow caudal peduncle. Much of the sides are covered by a lateral band dark in colour. The caudal, dorsal and anal fins are yellow or red-orange with black marginal rays. Present on the caudal fin base are two bright sulfur-yellow spots, with the region between the spots being substantially darker. The flagfin shiner exists syntopically with the sailfin shiner The sailfin shiner (''Pteronotropi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteronotropis Hubbsi
The bluehead shiner (''Pteronotropis hubbsi'') is a species of fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is a true minnow. It is endemic to the central United States, where it is found in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. It was also once known from Illinois.Ranvestel, A. W. and B. M. BurrConservation Assessment for Bluehead Shiner (''Pteronotropis hubbsi'').USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region. June 15, 2002. In 2014, the status changed from Data Deficient to Near Threatened. It is threatened by draining, filling, farming and flooding of backwater swamp habitat and overcollection for the aquarium trade. Description This minnow grows up to about 60 millimeters in maximum length. It is a dusky reddish orange along the back with a lighter belly. The chin is black and the top of the head is blue with a green iridescence. The larger males have some iridescence on the dark dorsal fin. There is a broad, dark lateral stripe from the chin to the tail base. The mouth is upturned. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteronotropis Grandipinnis
The Apalachee shiner (''Pteronotropis grandipinnis'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the southeastern United States. It is found in the Apalachicola River drainage in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Description The fish has a very similar appearance to the sailfin shiner. It has between 33 and 42 scales along the lateral line. The fish can reach a total length of 6.5 cm (2.5 in). A blueish-black stripe along the side extends to a black oval found at the base of the caudal fin. The fish has a larger dorsal fin and has between 9 and 11 anal rays. A breeding male does not possess a light edge along the black dorsal fin when compared to the sailfin shiner, but has a chevron-shaped black blotch at the base of the caudal fin. A yellow edge can be found on the anal fin of breeding males. Distribution and habitat The fish is found in the Apalachicola River drainage. The fish is absent from the Chattahoochee River system north of Cedar Creek in Houston County, Alabama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteronotropis Merlini
The orangetail shiner (''Pteronotropis merlini'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the southeastern United States. It is endemic to in the Choctawhatchee River drainage in southeastern Alabama. Description The fish is similar to the sailfin shiner. It has a very deep and compressed body. It has between 35 and 42 scales along the lateral line. It has a maximum total length of 6.5 cm (2.5 in). It usually has 10 anal rays. Breeding males have a chevron-shaped black blotch at the origin of the caudal fin separated from a dark black stripe along the side, and have orange caudal and anal fins. Distribution and habitat The fish is the only fish found exclusively in Alabama, primarily upland in the Choctawhatchee River system before it merges with the Pea River The Pea River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 tributary of the Choctawhatchee River near Geneva, Alabama, United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteronotropis Stonei
The lowland shiner (''Pteronotropis stonei'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the southeastern United States. It is found in the Peedee River drainage in South Carolina to Satilla River The Satilla River rises in Ben Hill County, Georgia, United States, near the town of Fitzgerald, and flows in a mostly easterly direction to the Atlantic Ocean. Along its approximately U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset hig ... drainage in Georgia. References * Cyprinid fish of North America Fish of the United States Fish described in 1921 Pteronotropis {{Leuciscinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteronotropis Metallicus
The metallic shiner (''Pteronotropis metallicus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Pteronotropis ''Pteronotropis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemism, endemic to the United States. Characteristics The genus is characterized by a broad dark blue stripe along the side. The genus has large anal and dorsal fins, as well as a compressed body ...''. References * Pteronotropis Cyprinid fish of North America Fish described in 1884 Taxa named by David Starr Jordan {{Leuciscinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteronotropis Welaka
The bluenose shiner (''Pteronotropis welaka'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in the United States, mostly in Florida and parts of Alabama and Georgia; its habitat is deep, slow-moving coastal creeks and small to medium rivers and prefers deep pools than shallow areas. It is found in Pearl River, Apalachicola River and St. Johns River but it is apparently not found in Escatawpa River and Perdido River. It is known to have a fragmented population and so has a spotty distribution in Chipola River, Choctawhatchee River, Yellow River, Conecuh River, Alabama River and Tombigbee River. The population is very poorly known with it being rare in the western panhandle of Florida, decline from the past 10 years in Mississippi and "ever decreasing" in Alabama. In 2013, the conservation status was changed from Data Deficient A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinidae Genera
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest vertebrate animal family in general with about 3,000 species, of which only 1,270 remain extant, divided into about 370 genera. Cyprinids range from about 12 mm in size to the giant barb (''Catlocarpio siamensis''). By genus and species count, the family makes up more than two-thirds of the ostariophysian order Cypriniformes. The family name is derived from the Greek word ( 'carp'). Biology and ecology Cyprinids are stomachless fish with toothless jaws. Even so, food can be effectively chewed by the gill rakers of the specialized last gill bow. These pharyngeal teeth allow the fish to make chewing motions against a chewing plate formed by a bony process of the skull. The pharyngeal teeth are unique to each species and are used by scient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
