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Notropis photogenis

(Silver shiner)

Overview

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Family : Minnows or carps ; Inhabits rocky runs and riffles of small to large rivers .

Special Concern

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Czech:

Jelecek Str, Jeleček stříbrotělý

Common Names in English:

Silver shiner

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

銀美洲鱥, 银美洲鱥

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Alburnellus arge Cope • Notropis photogenisPhotogenis leucops Cope • Photogenis leucops engraulinus Cope • Squalius photogenisSqualius photogenis Cope • Squalius photogenis Cope, 1865

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Year from Eschmeyer, pers. comm. Year from Eschmeyer (Ref. 12965).

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 17-May-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Notropis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 144 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

N. rubescens (Gulf of Mexico Fringed Sole) · N. aguirrepequenoi (Soto La Marina Shiner) · N. albeolus (White Shiner) · N. albizonatus (Palezone Shiner) · N. alborus (Whitemouth Shiner) · N. altipinnis (Highfin Shiner) · N. altipinnis altipinnis (Highfin Shiner) · N. amabilis (Texas Shiner) · N. amecae (Ameca Shiner) · N. ammophilus (Orangefin Shiner) · N. amnis (Pallid Shiner) · N. amoenus (Comely Shiner) · N. amplamala (Longjaw Minnow) · N. anogenus (Pugnose Shiner) · N. ardens (Rosefin Shiner) · N. ariommus (Popeye Shiner) · N. asperifrons (Burrhead Shiner?74 Names of Fishes) · N. atherinoides (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. atherinoides atherinoides (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. atherinoides dilectus (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. athernoides (Ricardo's Squeaker) · N. atrapiculus (Smalleye Shiner) · N. atrocaudalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. aulidion (Durango Shiner) · N. baileyi (Rough Shiner) · N. bairdi (Red River Shiner) · N. bairdi buccula (Smalleye Shiner) · N. bifrenatus (Bridle Shiner) · N. blennius (River Shiner) · N. boops (Bigeye Shiner) · N. boucardi (Balsas Shiner) · N. braytoni (Tamaulipas Shiner) · N. buccatus (Silverjaw Minnow) · N. buccula (Smalleye Shiner) · N. buchanani (Ghost Shiner) · N. caeruleus (Blue Shiner) · N. cahabae (Cahaba Shiner) · N. calientis (Yellow Shiner) · N. callitaenia (Bluestripe Shiner) · N. candidus (Silverside Shiner) · N. cardinalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. cayuga atrocaudalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. chalybaeus (Ironcolor Shiner) · N. chihuahua (Chihuahua Shiner) · N. chiliticus (Redlip Rubberlip) · N. chlorocephalus (Greenhead Shiner) · N. chrosomus (Rainbow Shiner) · N. coccogenis (Warpaint Shiner) · N. cumingii (Atoyac Chub) · N. cummingsae (Dusky Shiner) · N. dorsalis (Bigmouth Shiner) · N. edwardraneyi (Fluvial Shiner) · N. euryzonus (Broadnose Worm Eel) · N. formosus (Beautiful Shiner) · N. fumeus (Ribbon Shiner) · N. galacturus (Whitetail Shiner) · N. gibbsi (Tallapoosa Shiner) · N. girardi (Arkansas River Shiner) · N. greenei (Wedgespot Shiner) · N. harperi (Redeye Shiner) · N. heterodon (Blackchin Guitarfish) · N. heterolepis (Blacknose Shiner) · N. heterolepsis (European Pike-Perch) · N. hubbsi (Bluehead Shiner) · N. hudsonius (Spot-Tail Minnow) · N. hudsonius amarus (Shiner) · N. hudsonius hudsonius (Spot-Tail Minnow) · N. hudsonius selene (Shiner) · N. hypselopterus (Sailfin Shiner) · N. hypsilepis (Highscale Shiner) · N. hypsinotus (Highback Chub) · N. imeldae (Sardinita De Rio Verde) · N. jemezanus (Rio Grande Minnow) · N. leedsi (Bannerfin Shiner) · N. leuciodus (Tennessee Shiner) · N. lineapunctatus (Lined Chub) · N. longirostris (Longnose Shiner) · N. ludibundus (Sand Shiner) · N. lutipinnis (Yellowfin Shiner) · N. lutrensis (Red Shiner) · N. lutrensis lutrensis (Red Shiner) · N. maculatus (Taillight Gulper) · N. mekistocholas (Cape Fear Shiner) · N. melanostomus (Blackmouth Shiner) · N. micropteryx (Highland Shiner) · N. moralesi (Sardinita De Tepelmene) · N. nazas (Nazas Shiner) · N. niveus (Whitefin Shiner) · N. nubilus (Roseate Shiner) · N. orca (Phantom Shiner) · N. ortenburgeri (Kiamichi Shiner) · N. oxyrhynchus (Sharpnose Shiner) · N. ozarcanus (Ozark Shiner) · N. percobromus (Carmine Shiner) · N. perpallidus (Colorless Shiner) · N. petersoni (Coastal Shiner) · N. photogenis (Silver Shiner) · N. pilsbryi (Duskystripe Shiner) · N. potteri (Chub Shiner) · N. procne (Swallowtail Shiner)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

Identifiers

Last Revised: 7/14/2012