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Fish Species Description

Blacktail shiner

Cyprinella venusta

Girard, 1856

Classification

Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Alternate Names:

Status:

Freshwater

Notes:

It is uncertain whether the Ocmulgee (Altamaha) population of C. venusta is native or introduced.

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurs in the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chattahoochee, Flint, Ochlockonee, Suwannee, and Ocmulgee River Basins.

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