Ghost shiner (Notropis buchanani)

Scientific name: Notropis buchanani Meek, 1896

Ghost shiner (Notropis buchanani)

The Ghost shiner (Notropis buchanani) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Biology

Occurs usually over sand in quiet pools and backwaters of small to large rivers. Spawns over sluggish riffles composed of sand or fine gravel.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Notropis buchanani
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
6.4
Common length
4.6
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
North America: Mississippi River basin from Pennsylvania, USA to New Brunswick in Canada, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and from Minnesota and Wisconsin south to Alabama and Louisiana, USA; Calcasieu River in Louisiana, USA to Rio Grande in Texas in USA and Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=2)

Sources

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

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