Biology:Shiner (fish)

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
• Golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas (a monotypic genus)
• Highscale shiners, genus Luxilus
• Redside shiners, genus Richardsonius
• Satinfin shiners, genus Cyprinella

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  Notropis maculatus, an eastern shiner

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  Flagfin shiner (Pteronotropis signipinnis)

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  Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)

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  Shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata)

See also

• Chub (disambiguation)
• Dace (disambiguation)
• Minnow
• Roach (disambiguation)