Notropis

Notropis, commonly known as the eastern shiners or (locally) simply "shiners", is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America, and is the second largest genus of freshwater fish on the continent. Most small minnows found in North American belong to Notropis. Not all small cyprinids commonly referred to as "shiners" belong to Notropis (Page & Burr 1991). Their closest relatives appear to be the genera Cyprinella (satinfin shiners) and Platygobio (flathead chubs), though their precise relationships have not yet been robustly resolved (Simons & Mayden 1997).

Species

• Notropis aguirrepequenoi Contreras-Balderas & Rivera-Tiellery, 1973 (Soto la Marina Shiner)
• Notropis albizonatus Warren & Burr, 1994 (Palezone Shiner)
• Notropis alborus Carl Hubbs & Raney, 1947 (Whitemouth Shiner)
• Notropis altipinnis (Cope, 1870) (Highfin Shiner)
• Notropis amabilis (Girard, 1856) (Texas Shiner)
• †Notropis amecae Chernoff & R. R. Miller, 1986 (Ameca Shiner)
• Notropis ammophilus Suttkus & Boschung, 1990 (Orangefin Shiner)
• Notropis amoenus (C. C. Abbott, 1874) (Comely Shiner)
• Notropis anogenus S. A. Forbes, 1885 (Pugnose Shiner)
• Notropis ariommus (Cope, 1867) (Popeye Shiner)
• Notropis asperifrons Suttkus & Raney, 1955 (Burrhead Shiner)
• Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 (Emerald Shiner)
• Notropis atrocaudalis Evermann, 1892 (Blackspot Shiner)
• †Notropis aulidion Chernoff & R. R. Miller, 1986 (Durango Shiner)
• Notropis baileyi Suttkus & Raney, 1955 (Rough Shiner)
• Notropis bairdi Carl Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 (Red River Shiner)
• Notropis bifrenatus (Cope, 1867) (Bridle Shiner)
• Notropis blennius (Girard, 1856) (River Shiner)
• Notropis boops C. H. Gilbert, 1884 (Bigeye Shiner)
• Notropis boucardi (Günther, 1868) (Balsas Shiner)
• Notropis braytoni D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (Tamaulipas Shiner)
• Notropis buccatus (Cope, 1865) (Silverjaw Minnow)
• Notropis buccula Cross, 1953 (Smalleye Shiner)
• Notropis buchanani Meek, 1896 (Ghost Shiner)
• Notropis cahabae Mayden & Kuhajda, 1989 (Cahaba Shiner)
• Notropis calabazas Lyons & Mercado-Silva, 2004
• Notropis calientis D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Yellow Shiner)
• Notropis candidus Suttkus, 1980 (Silverside Shiner)
• Notropis chalybaeus (Cope, 1867) (Ironcolor Shiner)
• Notropis chihuahua Woolman, 1892 (Chihuahua Shiner)
• Notropis chiliticus (Cope, 1870) (Redlip Shiner)
• Notropis chlorocephalus (Cope, 1870) (Greenhead Shiner)
• Notropis chrosomus (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Rainbow Shiner)
• Notropis cumingii (Günther, 1868) (Atoyac Chub)
• Notropis cummingsae Myers, 1925 (Dusky Shiner)
• Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz, 1854) (Bigmouth shiner)
• Notropis edwardraneyi Suttkus & Clemmer, 1968 (Fluvial Shiner)
• Notropis girardi Carl Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 (Arkansas River Shiner)
• Notropis grandis Domínguez-Domínguez, Pérez-Rodríguez, Escalero-Vázquez & Doadrio, 2009 (Zacapu shiner)
• Notropis greenei Carl Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 (Wedgespot Shiner)
• Notropis harperi Fowler, 1941 (Redeye Chub)
• Notropis heterodon (Cope, 1865) (Blackchin Shiner)
• Notropis heterolepis C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1893 (Blacknose Shiner)
• Notropis hudsonius (Clinton, 1824) (Spottail Shiner)
• Notropis hypsilepis Suttkus & Raney, 1955 (Highscale Shiner)
• Notropis imeldae M. T. Cortés, 1968
• Notropis jemezanus (Cope, 1875) (Rio Grande Shiner)
• Notropis leuciodus (Cope, 1868) (Tennessee Shiner)
• Notropis longirostris (O. P. Hay, 1881) (Longnose Shiner)
• Notropis lutipinnis (D. S. Jordan & Brayton, 1878) (Yellowfin Shiner)
• Notropis maculatus (O. P. Hay, 1881) (Taillight Shiner)
• Notropis marhabatiensis Domínguez-Domínguez, Pérez-Rodríguez, Escalero-Vázquez & Doadrio, 2009 (Maravatío Shiner)
• Notropis mekistocholas Snelson, 1971 (Cape Fear Shiner)
• Notropis melanostomus Bortone, 1989 (Blackmouth Shiner)
• Notropis metallicus D. S. Jordan & Meek, 1884
• Notropis micropteryx (Cope, 1868) (Highland Shiner)
• Notropis moralesi de Buen, 1955 (Papaloapan Chub)
• Notropis nazas Meek, 1904 (Nazas Shiner)
• Notropis nubilus (S. A. Forbes, 1878) (Ozark Minnow)
• †Notropis orca Woolman, 1894 (Phantom Shiner)
• Notropis ortenburgeri Carl Hubbs, 1927 (Kiamichi Shiner)
• Notropis oxyrhynchus Carl Hubbs & Bonham, 1951 (Sharpnose Shiner)
• Notropis ozarcanus Meek, 1891 (Ozark Shiner)
• Notropis percobromus (Cope, 1871) (Carmine Shiner)
• Notropis perpallidus Carl Hubbs & Black, 1940 (Peppered Shiner)
• Notropis petersoni Fowler, 1942 (Coastal Shiner)
• Notropis photogenis (Cope, 1865) (Silver Shiner)
• Notropis potteri Carl Hubbs & Bonham, 1951 (Chub Shiner)
• Notropis procne (Cope, 1865) (Swallowtail Shiner)
• Notropis rafinesquei Suttkus, 1991 (Yazoo Shiner)
• Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850) (Rosyface Shiner)
• Notropis rubricroceus (Cope, 1868) (Saffron Shiner)
• Notropis rupestris Page, 1987 (Bedrock Shiner)
• Notropis sabinae D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1886 (Sabine Shiner)
• †Notropis saladonis Carl Hubbs & Clark Hubbs, 1958 (Salado Shiner)
• Notropis scabriceps (Cope, 1868) (New River Shiner)
• Notropis scepticus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (Sandbar Shiner)
• Notropis semperasper C. R. Gilbert, 1961 (Roughhead Shiner)
• Notropis shumardi (Girard, 1856) (Silverband Shiner)
• Notropis simus (Cope, 1875)
  • Notropis simus pecosensis C. R. Gilbert & Chernoff, 1982 (Pecos Bluntnose Shiner)
  • †Notropis simus simus (Cope, 1875) (Bluntnose Shiner)
• Notropis spectrunculus (Cope, 1868) (Mirror Shiner)
• Notropis stilbius D. S. Jordan, 1877 (Silverstripe Shiner)
• Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865) (Sand Shiner)
• Notropis suttkusi Humphries & Cashner, 1994 (Rocky Shiner)
• Notropis telescopus (Cope, 1868) (Telescope Shiner)
• Notropis texanus (Girard, 1856) (Weed Shiner)
• Notropis topeka (C. H. Gilbert, 1884) (Topeka Shiner)
• Notropis tropicus Carl Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1975 (Pygmy Shiner)
• Notropis uranoscopus Suttkus, 1959 (Skygazer Shiner)
• Notropis volucellus (Cope, 1865) (Mimic Shiner)
• Notropis wickliffi Trautman, 1931 (Channel Shiner)
• Notropis xaenocephalus (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Coosa Shiner)

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Notropis in FishBase. August 2011 version.
• Page, Lawrence M. & Burr, Brooks M. (1991): Freshwater Fishes, p. 131, Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. ISBN 0-395-91091-9
• Simons, Andrew M. & Mayden, Richard L. (1997): Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). Cladistics 13(3): 187-205. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00315.x (HTML abstract)