Broadstripe shiner

The broadstripe shiner (Pteronotropis euryzonus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is endemic to the Chattahoochee River drainage in the states of Georgia and Alabama in the United States. It is recorded in freshwater and lives in a benthopelagic environment. The climate that they are known to be found in is temperate. The distribution of this species is within North America and in the middle Chattahoochee River drainage.^[3] They occupy clay, sand and bedrock pools of headwaters, creeks, and small rivers.^[4] It is common to find this species within the vegetation.^[3] The average length of the broadstripe shiner as an unsexed male is about 7 centimeters or about 2 inches.^[5]

Broadstripe shiner
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Pteronotropis
Species:	P. euryzonus
Binomial name
Pteronotropis euryzonus (Suttkus, 1955)
Synonyms[2]
Notropis euryzonus Suttkus, 1955