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The rainbow shiner (Notropis chrosomus) is a North American species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. The rainbow shiner has a length of 5 to 8 centimeters. It has translucent color from pink to golden with a silver-black stripe along its flanks. The base of its fins are of a reddish color. Adult males change their color during the ...
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
Notropis chlorocephalus (Cope, 1870) (Greenhead shiner) Notropis chrosomus (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Rainbow shiner) Notropis cumingii (Günther, 1868) (Atoyac chub) Notropis cummingsae G. S. Myers, 1925 (Dusky shiner) Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz, 1854) (Bigmouth shiner) Notropis edwardraneyi Suttkus & Clemmer, 1968 (Fluvial shiner)
The golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) is a cyprinid fish native to eastern North America. It is the sole member of its genus. Much used as a bait fish, it is probably the most widely pond-cultured fish in the United States. It can be found in Quebec, and its French name is "Mené jaune" or "Chatte de l'Est".
The location of the State of Tennessee in the United States of America. Topographic map of Tennessee. The U.S. state of Tennessee has a uniquely diverse array of fresh-water fish species, owing to its large network of rivers and creeks, with major waterways in the state including the Mississippi River which forms its western border, the Tennessee River, the Cumberland River, and the Duck River.
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]
Spottail shiners are generally omnivorous fish that feed on plants, aquatic invertebrate, and zoobenthos. [6] Zoobenthos are the invertebrates that occupy the benthos of the riverbeds and lakebeds. This shiner is said to feed on green algae, plant debris, vascular plants, water fleas, caddis flies, mayflies, nematocerans, and the remains of ...
The river shiner (Notropis blennius) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.It is found in the United States and Canada, where it inhabits the Hudson Bay basin from Alberta to Manitoba, south through the Red Red River in Minnesota and North Dakota; and the Mississippi River basin from Wisconsin and Minnesota to Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, west to eastern Colorado, and ...