Rosyface shiner
| Rosyface shiner | |
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| 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.
Description
The species can grow to 9 cm (3.5 in).[1] It is olive-colored to bluish with an orange lateral stripe, and breeding males are reddish. Its maximum reported age is 3 years.[1] It has one dorsal fin, one anal fin, and two ventral fins.
Distribution and habitat
It can be found throughout the central and eastern United States and southern Canada in clear pools and riffles in large creeks and small rivers.[1]
Diet
The rosyface shiner eats insects, fish eggs, algae and inorganic material, although insects make up a large majority of its diet.
References
- Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 110 (restricted online copy, p. 110, at Google Books)
- 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.
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