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Common Name: blacktip shiner
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Snelson (1972); Page and Burr (1991); Mettee et al. (1996); a commonly used name is Notropis atrapiculus.
Size: 6.5 cm.
Native Range: Apalachicola, Choctawhatchee, Yellow, and Escambia drainages in western Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and Florida panhandle (Page and Burr 1991).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: This species is known from Old Town Creek (Tallapoosa River system; Mobile basin), Bullock County, Alabama (Lee et al. 1980 et seq.; Swift et al. 1986; Page and Burr 1991), and the upper Ocmulgee River system (Atlantic Slope) in Georgia, where it is very localized (Bart et al. 1994).
Means of Introduction: The introduction of the blacktip shiner into the Mobile basin of Alabama is the result of artificial diversion of the Conecuh River (Lee et al. 1980 et seq.). All information on the appearance of this species in the Ocmulgee system of Georgia came from Bart et al. (1994). According to those investigators, the species may have been introduced to the upper Ocmulgee system either by stream capture from the Flint River, or by bait bucket release. In any case, because the species is restricted to the river reach above High Falls dam, it was likely introduced after 1904, the year of dam construction. The first record of this species in the Ocmulgee River system (and in the Atlantic Slope) is based on the collection of sixteen specimens taken during the period 1988-1990 from the headwaters of the Towaliga River system, a small western tributary of the Ocmulgee River (Bart et al. 1994).
Status: Established in Georgia. A single collection was recorded in Alabama.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: In their summary table on Alabama fishes, Mettee et al. (1996) listed this species as native to the Tallapoosa River system.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 9/27/1999 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Lythrurus atrapiculus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=566> Revision Date: 9/27/1999
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