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''Notropis'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
freshwater fish Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, especially the difference in levels of ...
in the
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Cyprinidae. They are known commonly as eastern shiners.''Notropis''
Système canadien d’information sur la biodiversité (SCIB) They are native to North America, and are the continent's second largest genus.McAllister, C.T., Layher, W.G., Robison, H.W. & Buchanan, T.M. (2009)
New Distribution Records for Three Species of ''Notropis'' (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Large Rivers of Arkansas.
''Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, 63: 192-194.'' A 1997
phylogenetic analysis In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...
placed the genus in a clade with '' Campostoma'', ''
Cyprinella ''Cyprinella'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known as the satinfin shiners. They are native to North America, and some are among the most common freshwater fish species on the eastern side of the con ...
'', ''
Phenacobius ''Phenacobius'', the suckermouth minnows, is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to the United States. Historically the suckermouth minnow was not found as far eastward as Ohio, now they seem to be a stable species living throughout the Midwest an ...
'', '' Platygobio'' and ''
Rhinichthys ''Rhinichthys'', known as the riffle daces, is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae) of the order Cypriniformes. The type species is ''Rhinichthys atratulus'', the blacknose dace. ''Rhinichthys'' species range throughout Nort ...
''.Simons, A.M. & Mayden, R. (1997)
Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae).
''Cladistics, 13 (3): 187-205.'' The systematics of the genus is still unclear. It has not been confirmed to be monophyletic. While it has been divided into several subgenera and
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
groups, the relationships between the taxa are not yet understood.Cashner, M.F., Piller, K.R. & Bart, H.L. (2011)
Phylogenetic relationships of the North American cyprinid subgenus ''Hydrophlox''.
''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59 (3): 725-735.''


Characteristics

Members of the genus ''Notropis'' have eight dorsal rays and usually have no barbel (with the exception of
Redeye chub Redeye chub (''Notropis harperi'') is a species of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinida ...
). Scales for most species are not usually that much taller than they are wide. Their scales are usually not diamond shaped. Their intestines are short and usually have one loop at the front.


Species

There are currently 88 recognized species in this genus: * ''
Notropis aguirrepequenoi ''Notropis aguirrepequenoi'' is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. Its common name is the Soto la Marina shiner. It is endemic to Mexico, where it occurs in the lower Rio Grande The Rio Grande ( and ), kn ...
'' Contreras-Balderas & Rivera-Tiellery, 1973 (Soto la Marina shiner) * '' Notropis albizonatus''
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& Burr, 1994 (Palezone shiner) * '' Notropis alborus'' C. L. Hubbs & Raney, 1947 (Whitemouth shiner) * '' Notropis altipinnis'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1870) (Highfin shiner) * '' Notropis amabilis'' ( Girard, 1856) (Texas shiner) * '' Notropis amecae'' Chernoff & R. R. Miller, 1986 (Ameca shiner) * '' Notropis ammophilus'' Suttkus & Boschung, 1990 (Orangefin shiner) * '' Notropis amoenus'' ( C. C. Abbott, 1874) (Comely shiner) * '' Notropis anogenus'' S. A. Forbes, 1885 (Pugnose shiner) * '' Notropis ariommus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1867) (Popeye shiner) * '' Notropis asperifrons'' Suttkus & Raney, 1955 (Burrhead shiner) * ''
Notropis atherinoides The emerald shiner (''Notropis atherinoides'') is one of hundreds of small, silvery, slender fish species known as shiners. The identifying characteristic of the emerald shiner is the silvery emerald color on its sides. It can grow to 3.5  ...
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, 1818 (Emerald shiner) * '' Notropis atrocaudalis'' Evermann, 1892 (Blackspot shiner) * †'' Notropis aulidion'' Chernoff & R. R. Miller, 1986 (Durango shiner) * '' Notropis baileyi'' Suttkus & Raney, 1955 (Rough shiner) * '' Notropis bairdi'' C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 (Red River shiner) * '' Notropis bifrenatus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1867) (Bridle shiner) * '' Notropis blennius'' ( Girard, 1856) (River shiner) * '' Notropis boops'' C. H. Gilbert, 1884 (Bigeye shiner) * '' Notropis boucardi'' ( Günther, 1868) (Balsas shiner) * '' Notropis braytoni'' D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (Tamaulipas shiner) * '' Notropis buccula'' F. B. Cross, 1953 (Smalleye shiner) * ''
Notropis buchanani The ghost shiner (''Notropis buchanani'') is a North American species of freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. It is generally characterized as being a small bodied, silvery and fusiform shaped cyprinid.Holm, E. and J. Houston. 1993. "Status ...
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, 1896 (Ghost shiner) * '' Notropis cahabae'' Mayden & Kuhajda, 1989 (Cahaba shiner) * '' Notropis calabazas'' J. Lyons & Mercado-Silva, 2004 (Calabazas shiner) * '' Notropis calientis'' D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Yellow shiner) * '' Notropis candidus'' Suttkus, 1980 (Silverside shiner) * '' Notropis chalybaeus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1867) (Ironcolor shiner) * '' Notropis chihuahua'' Woolman, 1892 (Chihuahua shiner) * '' Notropis chiliticus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1870) (Redlip shiner) * '' Notropis chlorocephalus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1870) (Greenhead shiner) * ''
Notropis chrosomus 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 a ...
'' ( 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) * ''
Notropis girardi The Arkansas River shiner (''Notropis girardi'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Notropis''. It is native to part of the central United States. Historically this shiner was widespread and abundant throughout the western portions of ...
'' C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 (Arkansas River shiner) * '' Notropis grandis'' Domínguez-Domínguez, Pérez-Rodríguez, Escalera-Vázquez & Doadrio, 2009 (Zacapu shiner) * '' Notropis greenei'' C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 (Wedgespot shiner) * '' Notropis harperi'' (Fowler, 1941), (
Redeye chub Redeye chub (''Notropis harperi'') is a species of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinida ...
) * ''
Notropis heterodon The blackchin shiner (''Notropis heterodon'') is an abundant North American species of freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae. Described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1865, it is not a well-known species. It is a close relative of the blacknose ...
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, 1865) (Blackchin shiner) * ''
Notropis heterolepis The blacknose shiner (''Notropis heterolepis'') is a species of fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae. Description The blacknose shiner is a soft-rayed species up to 9.8 cm with toothless jaws, but gill arches that contain one or two ro ...
'' C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1893 (Blacknose shiner) * '' Notropis hudsonius'' ( Clinton, 1824) (Spottail shiner) * '' Notropis hypsilepis'' Suttkus & Raney, 1955 (Highscale shiner) * '' Notropis jemezanus'' (
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, 1875) (Rio Grande shiner) * ''
Notropis leuciodus The Tennessee shiner (''Notropis leuciodus'') is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is native to the southeastern United States. Description This is a slender minnow about 5 to 6.5 centimeters long. A lateral ba ...
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, 1868) (Tennessee shiner) * '' Notropis longirostris'' ( O. P. Hay, 1881) (Longnose shiner) * ''
Notropis lutipinnis The yellowfin shiner (''Notropis lutipinnis'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Notropis''. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it occurs in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia Georgia most commonly refers ...
'' ( D. S. Jordan & Brayton, 1878) (Yellowfin shiner) * ''
Notropis maculatus The taillight shiner (''Notropis maculatus'') is a species of freshwater fish in the cyprinid family. It is commonly found in the south-eastern USA. Distribution and habitat The taillight shiner is found in the lower Mississippi River basin, par ...
'' ( O. P. Hay, 1881) (Taillight shiner) * '' Notropis marhabatiensis'' Domínguez-Domínguez, Pérez-Rodríguez, Escalera-Vázquez & Doadrio, 2009 (Maravatío shiner) * '' Notropis megalops'' ( Girard, 1856) Conway, K.W. & Kim, D. (2016): Redescription of the Texas Shiner ''Notropis amabilis'' from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico with the reinstatement of ''N. megalops'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (4): 305-340.'' * '' Notropis mekistocholas'' Snelson, 1971 (Cape Fear shiner) * '' Notropis melanostomus'' Bortone, 1989 (Blackmouth shiner) * '' Notropis micropteryx'' (
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, 1868) (Highland shiner) * '' Notropis moralesi'' F. de Buen, 1955 (Papaloapan chub) * ''
Notropis nazas The Nazas shiner (''Notropis nazas'') is a species of cyprinid fish. It is endemic to Mexico and known from Nazas River at Santiago Papasquiaro in the Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sove ...
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, 1904 (Nazas shiner) * '' Notropis nubilus'' ( S. A. Forbes, 1878) (Ozark minnow) * †'' Notropis orca'' Woolman, 1894 (Phantom shiner) * '' Notropis ortenburgeri'' C. L. Hubbs, 1927 (Kiamichi shiner) * '' Notropis oxyrhynchus'' C. L. Hubbs & Bonham, 1951 (Sharpnose shiner) * '' Notropis ozarcanus''
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, 1891 (Ozark shiner) * '' Notropis percobromus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1871) (Carmine shiner) * '' Notropis perpallidus'' C. L. Hubbs & J. D. Black, 1940 (Peppered shiner) * '' Notropis petersoni'' Fowler, 1942 (Coastal shiner) * '' Notropis photogenis'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1865) (Silver shiner) * '' Notropis potteri'' C. L. Hubbs & Bonham, 1951 (Chub shiner) * '' Notropis procne'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1865) (Swallowtail shiner) * '' Notropis rafinesquei'' Suttkus, 1991 (Yazoo shiner) * '' Notropis rubellus'' ( Agassiz, 1850) (Rosyface shiner) * '' Notropis rubricroceus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1868) (Saffron shiner) * '' Notropis rupestris''
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, 1987 (Bedrock shiner) * '' Notropis sabinae'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1886 (Sabine shiner) * †'' Notropis saladonis'' C. L. Hubbs & C. Hubbs, 1958 (Salado shiner) * '' Notropis scabriceps'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1868) (New River shiner) * '' Notropis scepticus'' ( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (Sandbar shiner) * '' Notropis semperasper'' C. R. Gilbert, 1961 (Roughhead shiner) * '' Notropis shumardi'' ( Girard, 1856) (Silverband shiner) * '' Notropis simus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1875) (Bluntnose shiner) * '' Notropis spectrunculus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1868) (Mirror shiner) * '' Notropis stilbius'' D. S. Jordan, 1877 (Silverstripe shiner) * '' Notropis stramineus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1865) (Sand shiner) * '' Notropis suttkusi''
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& Cashner, 1994 (Rocky shiner) * '' Notropis telescopus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1868) (Telescope shiner) * '' Notropis texanus'' ( Girard, 1856) (Weed shiner) * '' Notropis topeka'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1884) (Topeka shiner) * '' Notropis tropicus'' C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1975 (Pygmy shiner) * '' Notropis uranoscopus'' Suttkus, 1959 (Skygazer shiner) * '' Notropis volucellus'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1865) (Mimic shiner) * '' Notropis wickliffi'' Trautman, 1931 (Channel shiner) * '' Notropis xaenocephalus'' ( D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Coosa shiner)


References

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