Rosyface shiner

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Rosyface Shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Notropis Species: N. rubellus
Binomial name
Notropis rubellus Agassiz, 1850

The rosyface shiner (Notropis rubellus) is a small North American fish found throughout the central and eastern United States and southern Canada in clear pools and riffles in large creeks and small rivers. It can grow to 3.5 inches in length. It is olive-colored to bluish with an orange lateral stripe, and breeding males are reddish. It's maximum reported age is 3 years.

[edit] References

• Boschung, Herbert T., Jr.; Williams, James D.; Gotshall, Daniel W.; Caldwell, David K.; and Caldwell, Melba C. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fishes, Whales, and Dolphins. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. 441.
• FishBase (1991). Species Summery. Retrieved 16 August 2006.

[edit] External links

• Fishes of Minnesota - Rosyface Shiner