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Eastern Shiners
Notropis
Notropis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. They are known commonly as eastern shiners. They are native to North America, and are one of the continent's most speciose genera.
A 1997 phylogenetic analysis placed the genus in a clade with Campostoma, Cyprinella, Phenacobius, Platygobio and Rhinichthys. 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 groups, the relationships between the taxa are not yet understood.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 26 known species
Emerald Shiner
speciesNotropis atherinoides
Rosyface Shiner
speciesNotropis rubellus
Telescope Shiner
speciesNotropis telescopus
Carmine Shiner
speciesNotropis percobromus
Silver Shiner
speciesNotropis photogenis
Blacknose Shiner
speciesNotropis heterolepis
Silverstripe Shiner
speciesNotropis stilbius
Texas Shiner
speciesNotropis amabilis
Taillight Shiner
speciesNotropis maculatus
Highland Shiner
speciesNotropis micropteryx
Bridle Shiner
speciesNotropis bifrenatus
Blackspot Shiner
speciesNotropis atrocaudalis
Sandbar Shiner
speciesNotropis scepticus
Rocky Shiner
speciesNotropis suttkusi
Comely Shiner
speciesNotropis amoenus
Popeye Shiner
speciesNotropis ariommus
West Texas Shiner
speciesNotropis megalops
Red River Shiner
speciesNotropis bairdi
Bedrock Shiner
speciesNotropis rupestris
Cape Fear Shiner
speciesNotropis mekistocholas
Sharpnose Shiner
speciesNotropis oxyrhynchus
Smalleye Shiner
speciesNotropis buccula
Rio Grande Shiner
speciesNotropis jemezanus
Roughhead Shiner
speciesNotropis semperasper
Arkansas River Shiner
speciesNotropis girardi
Salado Shiner
speciesNotropis saladonis
Pygmy Shiner
speciesNotropis tropicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58619.