Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)

Scientific name: Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820

Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)

The Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Biology

Adults inhabit rocky pools near riffles in clear to fairly turbid creeks and small to medium rivers; also found in streams. Feed on terrestrial insects, filamentous and unicellular algae, and a variety of aquatic invertebrate often dominated by mayfly nymphs. Oviparous, nest spawners.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Luxilus chrysocephalus
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
24.0
Common length
8.3
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from western New York and southeastern Wisconsin, south to Alabama, Louisiana and eastern Texas, USA; Gulf Coast drainages from Mobile Bay in Georgia and Alabama to Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana, USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2; tmax=4)

Sources

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

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