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A golden shiner observed in the Mullica River, New Jersey. Though it has been known to reach lengths of 30 cm (12 in), in the wild the golden shiner is usually between 7.5 and 12.5 cm (3.0 and 4.9 in) long. The body is laterally compressed (deep-bodied). The back is dark green or olive, and the belly is a silvery white.
Shiner is a common name used in North America for any of several kinds of small, usually silvery fish, in particular a number of cyprinids, but also e.g. the shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata). Cyprinid shiners are: Eastern shiners, genus Notropis; Finescale shiners, genus Lythrurus; Flagfin shiners, genus Pteronotropis
The common shiner is silvery colored (sometimes bronze) and has an "olive back with a dark dorsal stripe." [3] The common shiner is a freshwater fish found in North America. Adults inhabit rocky pools in small to medium rivers. They can live to be approximately 6 years old. [4] They are considered sexually mature by 7.4 centimetres (2.9 in). [4]
The shiner grows about 5–10 cm (2–4 in) within one year and reach a size of 13 cm (5.1 in) at adulthood. [5] Notropis potteri is known as the chub shiner. Common emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides atherinoides): Common shiners are most abundant in the Great Lakes of North America, primarily Lake Erie. The name of the emerald shiner comes ...
They are known commonly as eastern shiners. [1] They are native to North America, and are the continent's second largest genus. [2] [3]
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Smaller golden shiners appear more willing than larger ones to be near the front of the shoal, perhaps because they are hungrier. [85] Observations on the common roach have shown that food-deprived individuals tend to be at the front of a shoal, where they obtain more food [86] [87] but where they may also be more vulnerable to ambush predators ...
The white sucker is a long, round-bodied fish with a dark green, grey, copper, brown, or black back and sides and a light underbelly. The fish also has typical features of primitive Cypriniformes fishes, such as a homocercal tail, cycloid scales, and dorsal, pectoral, and pelvic fin rays. [5]