Blacktip shiner

The blacktip shiner (Lythrurus atrapiculus) is a freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.^[2] It is found in the southeastern United States, particularly the Apalachicola, Choctawhatchee, Yellow and Escambia river drainages in western Georgia, southeastern Alabama and Florida. Its preferred habitat is sandy and gravel bottomed pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers.^[3] The Blacktip shiner measures about 6.5 centimeters.^[4]

Blacktip shiner
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Genus:	Lythrurus
Species:	L. atrapiculus
Binomial name
Lythrurus atrapiculus (Snelson, 1972)
Synonyms[2]
Notropis (Lythrurus) atrapiculus Snelson, 1972