Sand shiner

Sand shiner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Notropis
Species:
N. stramineus
Binomial name
Notropis stramineus
(Cope, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Hybognathus stramineus Cope, 1865
  • Cyprinella ludibunda Girard, 1856
  • Notropis ludibundus (Girard, 1856)
  • Alburnus lineolatus Putnam, 1863
Fish in the Missouri National Recreational River area inc. sand shiners

The sand shiner (Notropis stramineus) is a widespread North American species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.[2] Sand shiners live in open clear water streams with sandy bottoms where they feed in schools on aquatic and terrestrial insects, bottom ooze and diatoms.[3]

  1. ^ Lyons, T.J.; NatureServe (2019). "Notropis stramineus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191289A130029670. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191289A130029670.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Notropis stramineus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Koster was invoked but never defined (see the help page).