Bandfin shiner
| Bandfin shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Genus: | Coccotis |
| Species: | C. zonistius
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| Binomial name | |
| Coccotis zonistius (Jordan, 1880)
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The bandfin shiner (Coccotis zonistius) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It occurs in tributaries of the Apalachicola River drainage in Georgia, Alabama and Florida, adjacent tributaries of Savannah, Altamaha, and Coosa rivers in Georgia, and the Tallapoosa River in Georgia and Alabama. Its preferred habitat is rocky and sandy pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Luxilus zonistius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202141A18234024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202141A18234024.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Coccotis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Bandfin shiner Luxilus zonistius Jordan, 1880". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.