Blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis)

Scientific name: Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893

Blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis)

The Blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Biology

Occurs usually over sand in clear vegetated lakes and pools of creeks and small rivers.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Notropis heterolepis
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
9.8
Common length
7.4
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Atlantic, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan in Canada, south to Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas in the USA. Common in some parts of range but disappearing from southern part.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=1)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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