Notropis hudsonius
Spottail Shiner
NS
G5
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Cypriniformes (Carps and Minnows)
Cyprinidae (Carps and Minnows)
Notropis
Notropis hudsonius (Spottail Shiner)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated.
Distribution
North America: St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada to Altamaha and upper Chattahoochee River in Georgia, USA; Hudson Bay, Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins from Ontario, Canada to Mackenzie River drainage in Canada and south to northern Ohio, southern Illinois and northeastern Montana, USA.
Habitat Associations
Freshwater, brackish. benthopelagic. Found in: streams, lakes.
Biology
Inhabit sandy and rocky pools and runs of small to large rivers. Also found in sandy and rocky shores of lakes and in creeks on Atlantic Slope. Omnivorous, principally feeds on insects, crustaceans, plants and algae (Ref. 27549).
Max length: 15.0 cm TL; common length: 9.0 cm TL; max age: 5 years.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-03-01. Resilience: Medium (tmax=5).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums.
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.
Johnson, J.H. and D.S. Dropkin (1993) Diel variation in diet composition of a riverine fish community. Hydrobiologia 271(3):149-158.
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