Shiner (fish)

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"Shiner" is a common name used for any of several kinds of small silvery fish, in particular a number of cyprinids.

Some of the hundreds of species of shiners include:

  • Alabama shiner Cyprinella callistia
  • Altamaha shiner Cyprinella xaenura
  • Ameca shiner Notropis amecae
  • Apalachee shiner Pteronotropis grandipinnis
  • Arkansas River shiner Notropis girardi
  • Beautiful shiner Cyprinella formosa
  • Common shiner Notropis cornutus
  • Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides
  • Flagfin shiner Pteronotropis signippinnis
  • Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
  • Red shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
  • Redfin shiner Notropis umbratilis
  • Rosefin shiner Notropis ardens
  • Rosyface shiner Notropis rubellus
  • Yellowfin shiner Notropis lutipinnis

In addition, name appears as an adjective in the shiner perch Cymatogaster aggregata.

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