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Common Name: fieryblack shiner
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Menhinick (1991); Page and Burr (1991); another name is Notropis pyrrhomelas.
Size: 11 cm.
Native Range: Pee Dee and Santee river drainages, North Carolina and South Carolina (Page and Burr 1991).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Known from (and probably introduced to) the Chattooga River (Savannah River drainage), Oconee County, South Carolina (Johnston et al. 1995).
Means of Introduction: Most likely the result of a bait bucket release (Johnston et al. 1995).
Status: Reported, probably established, in Savannah River drainage, South Carolina.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Johnston et al. (1995) collected five specimens in the Chattooga River as part of their 1990 fish survey of the Southern Appalachians. They stated that Cyprinella pyrrhomelas was previously unknown from this drainage (apparently meaning the entire Savannah River drainage). The Chattooga River forms the Georgia/South Carolina state border at the site where this species was taken.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 6/23/2000 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Cyprinella pyrrhomelas. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=519> Revision Date: 6/23/2000
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