Notemigonus crysoleucas

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Overview

Family : Minnows or carps .

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Inhabits vegetated lakes , ponds , swamps , backwaters and pools of creeks and small to medium rivers

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 1,027 meters (3,368 feet).[1]

Ecology: This species typically occupies clean, quiet, vegetated ponds and lakes but may also be found in sections of streams and rivers with low water velocity . This species spawns over beds of submerged vegetation and occassionally in the nests of the largemouth bass (Becker 1983). [2].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Abramis versicolor Dekay • Cyprinus americanus Linnaeus • Cyprinus crysoleucas • Cyprinus crysoleucas Mitchill • Cyprinus crysoleucas Mitchill, 1814 • Cyprinus hemiplus Rafinesque • Hemiplus lacustris Rafinesque • Leuciscus boscii Valenciennes • Leuciscus gardoneus Valenciennes • Luxilus leptosomus Girard • Luxilus seco Girard • Notemigonus auratus Rafinesque • Notemigonus crysoleucas • Notemigonus ischanus Jordan • Notropis chrysoleucas (Mitchill • Plagyrus americanus Cope

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 11-May-1994

Similar Species

Fish Name Lateral Line Anal Fin Dorsal Fin Other Diagnostic Features Similarity Index Comments Common Shiner 34-40 highly elevated scales; lateral line decurved Usually 9 rays, rarely 8 or 10 8 rays; membranes generally unpigmented, rays outlined with dark pigment in breeding males Usually 25-32 (21-37) predorsal scales; little chin pigment Moderately similar Golden Shiner 42-54 rounded scales; lateral line strongly decurved 11-15 rays 8 rays (rarely 7 or 9); membranes generally unpigmented; fin light olive or yellowish Scaleless keel in front of vent; 16-21 gill rakers N/A Red Shiner 32-36 diamond-shaped scales; lateral line slightly decurved Usually 9 rays, rarely 8 or 10 8 rays; all membranes with uniform dark pigment Snout blunter and body deeper than spotfin shiner Moderately similar Not native to WI; may occur here as a stray from populations further south. Spotfin Shiner 35-39 diamond-shaped scales; lateral line slightly decurved 8 rays 8 rays; membranes of last 2-3 rays pigmented; blotch-like in adults, a few speckles in juveniles Snout more pointed and body not as deep as red shiner Snout more pointed and body not as deep as red shiner Moderately similar Striped Shiner 34-40 highly elevated scales; lateral line decurved Usually 9 rays, rarely 8 or 10 8 rays; membranes generally unpigmented, rays outlined with dark pigment in breeding adults Usually 16-19 (13-23) predorsal scales; chin 1/3 pigmented Moderately similar Rudd 37-47 rounded scales; lateral line strongly decurved 11-13 rays 9-11 rays; membranes lack dark pigment but fin (including membranes) is red in adults Scaled keel in front of vent; 8-13 gill rakers Very similar Not established in WI. There is a very slight chance that a survivor from past bait-bucket introductions may be encountered.

Members of the genus Notemigonus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. crysoleucas (Golden Shiner Minnow) · N. crysoleucas bosci (Golden Shiner) · N. nuchalis (Electric Blue Kande)

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Further Reading

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• Adult, juvenile and larval fish populations in the vicinity of the J.H. Campbell Power Plant, eastern Lake Michigan, 1977-1980 / Ann Arbor, Mich.: Great Lakes Research Division, University of Michigan, 1981. url p. 39.
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Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Lyons, John. WiscFish.org University of Wisconsin, Center for Limnology, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant. Provided photos, physical description, and table comparing similar species.
• NatureServe (G. Hammerson) 2010. Notemigonus crysoleucas. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Burke Museum: University of Washington Fish Collection
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Fish Collection
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22914
• Fishbase Species ID: 276
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13840518
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 163368
• IUCN ID: 227037
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCJB27010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 14650

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 1,466.130 based on 1,657 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. NatureServe (G. Hammerson) 2010. Notemigonus crysoleucas. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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