Cyprinella callistia (Jordan, 1877)
Alabama shiner
Alabama shiner
Cyprinella callistia
photo by Burkhead, N.

Family:  Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Max. size:  13 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  North America: Mobile Bay drainage in southeastern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, Alabama and northeastern Mississippi, USA.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabit gravel- and rubble-bottomed pools and runs of creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 86798). Juveniles and young adults live in quieter waters with less coarse substrates (Ref. 10294). Feed mainly on midge and blackfly larvae (Ref. 10294).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 15 November 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Known from Mobile Bay drainage in southeastern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, Alabama and northeastern Mississippi; mostly above Fall Line (Ref. 86798). Recorded in all physiographic provinces above the Fall Line in the Mobile Basin (Ref. 10294). Also Ref. 5723.


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