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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Lythrurus |
| Species: | L. bellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lythrurus bellus (O.P. Hay, 1881)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Pretty shiner Lythrurus bellus Hay, 1881". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.