Pteronotropis grandipinnis (Jordan, 1877)
Apalachee shiner
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Photogenis grandipinnis Jordan, 1877; Endemichthys grandipinnis (Jordan, 1877)
Conservation Status
Erroneously listed as Extinct by (Opler, 1977 fide Miller et al., 1989:37)
IUCN RedList status: Least Concern
Distribution & Habitat
Alabama, Florida & Georgia, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Boschung, H. T. and Mayden, R. L. (2004). Fishes of Alabama. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
Lee, D. S., Gilbert, C. R., Hocutt, C. H., Jenkins, R. E., McAllister, D. E. and Stauffer, J. R., Jr. (1980). Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Mettee, M. F., O'Neil, P. E. and Pierson, J. M. (1996). Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin. Oxmoor House, Birmingham, Alabama.
Miller, Robert Rush, Williams, James D. and Williams, Jack E. (1989). Extinctions of North American fishes during the past century. Fisheries 14(6): 22-38.
NatureServe. (2013). Pteronotropis grandipinnis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202352A19033804. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202352A19033804.en. Accessed on 13 September 2025.
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Opler, P. A. (1977). The parade of passing species: a survey of extinctions in the U.S. Sci. Teacher Vol. 44. 5 pp.
Page, L. M. and Burr, B. M. (2011). Peterson field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, Massachusetts.
Suttkus, R. D. and Mettee, M. F. (2001). Analysis of four species of Notropis included in the subgenus of Pteronotropis Fowler, with comments on relationships, origin, and dispersion. Geological Survey of Alabama Bulletin 170: 1-50.