| Carmine shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. percobromus
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| Binomial name | |
| Notropis percobromus (Cope, 1871)
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| Synonyms | |
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Alburnellus percobromus Cope, 1871 | |
The carmine shiner (Notropis percobromus) is a freshwater fish species. In Manitoba, it was once known as the rosyface shiner (Notropis rubellus). Based mostly on zoogeographic data, it is currently classified as a distinct species within the rosyface shiner species complex. The carmine shiner is a member of the Minnow family, Cyprinidae. It has the following characteristics and distinguishing features:
- A slender, elongate minnow, typically 55 to 60 mm (2.2 to 2.4 in) in length (Whitemouth River)
- Snout length is equal to the eye diameter
- Adults are olive green dorsally, silvery on the sides and silvery white on the belly
- Black pigment outlines the scale pockets dorsally; the opercula and cheeks may be pinkish
- Breeding males develop fine, sandpaper-like nuptial tubercles on the head, pectoral fins and some predorsal scales. They also turn pinkish violet around the head with a reddish tinge at the base of the dorsal fin. Breeding females are usually lighter in colour
- Seldom survives capture or handling and scales are easily dislodged
- ^ NatureServe (2015). "Notropis percobromus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T202316A76573302. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T202316A76573302.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Notropis percobromus". NatureServe Explorer. 7.1. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 6 August 2018.