''Lythrurus'', the finescale shiners, is a genus of

cyprinid 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 verte ...

fish found in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

. There are currently 11 species in this genus.

Species

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Lythrurus alegnotus The warrior shiner (''Lythrurus alegnotus'') is a species of fish that is native to Alabama. Description The shiner has a compressed body with large eyes and dark lips and chin. The upper body of the shiner has dark stripe and dots, and is a ligh ...

'' ( Snelson, 1972) (warrior shiner) * ''

Lythrurus ardens The rosefin shiner (''Lythrurus ardens'') is a species of fish native to the United States. The fish is omnivorous and lives in freshwater rivers and creeks in Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia. Description The fish has a long and slende ...

'' (

Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colours, litu ...

, 1868) (rosefin shiner) * ''

Lythrurus atrapiculus The blacktip shiner (''Lythrurus atrapiculus'') is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is found in the southeastern United States, particularly the Apalachicola, Choctawhatchee, Yellow and Escambia ri ...

'' ( Snelson, 1972) (blacktip shiner) * ''

Lythrurus bellus 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 M ...

'' ( O. P. Hay, 1881) (pretty shiner) * ''

Lythrurus fasciolaris The scarlet shiner (''Lythrurus fasciolaris'') is a freshwater fish native to the eastern United States. Appearance and anatomy Scarlet shiners get their name from the bright coloration of breeding males, who display a vibrant red on their dorsa ...

'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (scarletfin shiner, scarlet shiner) * ''

Lythrurus fumeus The ribbon shiner (''Lythrurus fumeus'') is a species of freshwater fish of the cyprinid genus ''Lythrurus'' and is native to the United States. Description The ribbon shiner belongs to the family Cyprinidae. ''L. fumeus'' has a short snout t ...

'' ( Evermann, 1892) (ribbon shiner) * ''

Lythrurus lirus the mountain shiner (''Lythrurus lirus'') is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of th ...

'' ( D. S. Jordan, 1877) (mountain shiner) * ''

Lythrurus matutinus The pinewoods shiner (''Lythrurus matutinus'') is a species of cyprinid fish, and one of the six species endemic to North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the Uni ...

'' (

, 1870) (pinewoods shiner) * ''

Lythrurus roseipinnis The cherryfin shiner (''Lythrurus roseipinnis'') is a species of fish native to Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana in the southeastern United States. A 2007 analysis of the genus ''Lythrurus'' noted that individuals assigned to the cherryfin shin ...

'' ( O. P. Hay, 1885) (cherryfin shiner) * '' Lythrurus snelsoni'' ( H. W. Robison, 1985) (Ouachita shiner) * ''

Lythrurus umbratilis The redfin shiner (''Lythrurus umbratilis'') is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. The redfin shiner is most commonly found in the Ohio and Mississippi River basins, as well as in drainages of the Great Lakes, all of which are in the Uni ...

'' ( Girard, 1856) (redfin shiner)

References

* Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Leuciscinae-stub