Luxilus cardinalis

(Mayden, 1988)

Vernacular names
English : Cardinal shiner
French : Méné cardinal

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Leuciscidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can reach a length of 11 cm. Slender and elongated body with large eyes and small mouth. Coloration is silvery with a broad longitudinal black band on flanks and black back. Fins are reddish, silvery line under eyes. Dark back.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in North America, in east and central USA, in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma in the Arkansas, Red and Upper Neosho rivers. Lives in small to medium river with strong current and rocky substrate.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species remains common in most of its range so far although local declines occurred in recent times, mostly because of habitat destruction.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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