Species: Notemigonus crysoleucas
Golden Shiner
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Notemigonus
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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).
Ecology and Life History
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
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2007-06-22
Global Status Last Changed
1996-09-16
Distribution
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)