Shiner (fish)

Shiner (fish)

Shiner is a common name used 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, genua "Lythrurus"
* Flagfin shiners, genus "Pteronotropis"; including
** Apalachee Shiner, "Pteronotropis grandipinnis"
** Flagfin Shiner, "Pteronotropis signipinnis"
* Golden Shiner, "Notemigonus crysoleucas" (a monotypic genus)
* Highscale shiners, genus "Luxilus"
* Redside shiners, genus "Richardsonius"
* Satinfin shiners, genus "Cyprinella"

ee also

* Chub
* Dace
* Minnow
* Roach


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