Sandbar shiner

Sandbar shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Notropis
Species: N. scepticus
Binomial name
Notropis scepticus
(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883)

The sandbar shiner (Notropis scepticus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.

It is endemic to the Southeastern United States.

It is native from the Cape Fear River drainage in North Carolina, to the Savannah River drainage in Georgia.

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