Species: Notemigonus crysoleucas

Golden Shiner
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    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Actinopterygii

    Order

    Cypriniformes

    Family

    Cyprinidae

    Genus

    Notemigonus

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Minnows and Carps
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae - Notemigonus - Nominal subspecies have not been considered valid by recent authors (Lee et al. 1980).
    Habitat Type Description
    Freshwater
    Migration
    true - false - false
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Feeds more on zooplankton (chiefly Cladocera) than on any other main group of organisms; insects, diatoms, and algae are often important foods also. Feeds mostly at or near surface (Becker 1983).
    Reproduction Comments
    Spawns in late spring and summer. Eggs hatch in about 2-4 days. Sexually mature in 2nd or 3rd summer (Scott and Crossman 1973, Becker 1983).
    Ecology Comments
    Schools in littoral zone during day; schools break up just after sunset as fishes move to limnetic zone (Sublette et al. 1990).
    Length
    23
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2007-06-22
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-09-16
    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Native range includes Atlantic and Gulf slope drainages from Nova Scotia to southern Texas; Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins west to Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, and western Oklahoma; introduced and established in many areas in western North America (Lee et al. 1980, Page and Burr 1991).
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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