Cyprinella camura
Cyprinella camura (Jordan & Meek, 1884)
Bluntface shiner

Family:  Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Max. size:  15 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  North America: tributaries of Mississippi and Tennessee rivers on Former Mississippi Embayment from Kentucky to Louisiana, USA; Arkansas River drainage in southwestern Missouri, eastern Kansas, northwestern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma, USA.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Adults inhabit sandy and rocky pools and runs of clear to turbid creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 86798). Migratory behaviour is undetermined (Ref. 126106).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 November 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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