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Fish Species Description

Altamaha shiner

Cyprinella xaenura

(Jordan, 1877)

Classification

Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Alternate Names:

Status: State Threatened, Endemic

Freshwater

Notes:

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

Occurs in the Ocmulgee and Oconee River Basins primarily above the Fall Line.

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