Emerald shiner

Taxobox | name = Emerald Shiner


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Notropis"
species = "N. atherinoides"
binomial = "Notropis atherinoides"
binomial_authority = Rafinesque, 1818

The emerald shiner ("Notropis atherinoides") is one of hundreds of small, silvery, slender fish known as shiners. The identifying characteristic of the emerald shiner is the silvery emerald color on its sides. It can grow to 3.5 inches in length and is found across North America from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, commonly in large, deep lakes and rivers, though sometimes in smaller bodies of water as well. It feeds on small organisms such as zooplankton and insects, congregating in large groups near the surface of the water. It is a quite common fish and is often used as a bait fish.

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External links

* [http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/fish/notropisath.html A fact sheet by Earl J. S. Rook] - part of a collection of fact sheets put together on organisms found in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
* [http://ohiodnr.com/wildlife/Fishing/aquanotes-fishid/eshiner.htm Ohio Department of Natural Resources life history notes]