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Notropis candidus

Silverside Shiner
NS G4
Collection Details

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes) Cypriniformes (Carps and Minnows) Cyprinidae (Carps and Minnows) Notropis Notropis candidus (Silverside Shiner)

Description

This species account was compiled from FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version 04/2025.) and processed using AI-assisted text extraction. It may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, or formatting. When citing, please reference the original source rather than this page. Learn more about our species accounts.

Characters

Body shape: Elongated.

Distribution

North America: Alabama and Tombigbee rivers and lower portions of their major tributaries in Alabama, USA.

Habitat Associations

Freshwater. benthopelagic.

Biology

Inhabits sand-gravel runs of medium to large rivers.
Max length: 11.0 cm TL; common length: 6.0 cm TL; max age: 2 years.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-03-01. Resilience: High (tmax=2).

References

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991) A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p.

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