White shiner
| White shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Genus: | Luxilus |
| Species: | L. albeolus
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| Binomial name | |
| Luxilus albeolus Jordan, 1889
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The white shiner (Luxilus albeolus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It occurs on the Atlantic Slope from the Chowan River system in Virginia to the Cape Fear River drainage in North Carolina to the upper New River drainage in West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. Its preferred habitat is rocky and sandy pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Luxilus albeolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202134A18230426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202134A18230426.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Luxilus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "White shiner Luxilus albeolus Jordan, 1889". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.