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Mountain Shiner
Lythrurus lirus
About This Fish

The Mountain Shiner is found in the Tennessee River Drainage in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia as well as the Coosa and Cahaba river systems in the Mobile Basin in Alabama and Georgia. As the common name suggests, Mountain Shiners live in sandy or rocky pools in small to medium upland creeks. Like other members of the genus Lythrurus, Mountain Shiners have small scales on their nape.

lythrurus_lirus_mountain_shiner
Cyprinidae >
Lythrurus
Alabama (AL), Georgia (GA), Tennessee (TN), Virginia (VA)
Conasauga – 03150101, Oostanaula – 03150103, Upper Coosa – 03150105, Middle Coosa – 03150106, Sipsey – 03160107, Lower Cumberland-Sycamore – 05130202, Lower French Board – 06010107, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Powell – 06010206, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Hiwassee – 06020002, Sequatchie – 06020004, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Upper Elk – 06030003, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Upper Duck – 06040002, Lower Duck – 06040003, Buffalo – 06040004, Kentucky Lake – 06040005

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