The blacktip shiner (''Lythrurus atrapiculus'') is a freshwater

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in the family

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, the carps and minnows. It is found in the

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, particularly the

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, Choctawhatchee,

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and Escambia river drainages in western

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, southeastern

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. Its preferred habitat is sandy and gravel bottomed pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers. The Blacktip shiner measures about 6.5 centimeters.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5642140 Lythrurus Freshwater fish of the United States Fish described in 1972