Pretty shiner
Species of fish
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The pretty shiner (Lythrurus bellus) is a freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] 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.[3]
| Pretty shiner | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Genus: | Lythrurus |
| Species: | L. bellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lythrurus bellus (O.P. Hay, 1881) | |
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