Species: Richardsonius balteatus
Redside Shiner
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Richardsonius
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Minnows and Carps
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae - Richardsonius - Hybrids between MYLOCHEILUS CAURINUS and RICHARDSONIUS BALTEATUS are common in Stave Lake, British Columbia (Aspinwall et al., 1993, Can. J. Zool. 71:83-90, 550-560).
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - true - false - Lake populations may migrate to inlet streams to spawn.
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Feeds mainly on aquatic and terrestrial insects; also eats molluscs, plankton, and some small fish and fish eggs. Fry eat zooplankton and algae.
Reproduction Comments
Spawning often occurs in June or July. Individual females lay eggs over a period of several days. Eggs hatch in about 15 days (Brown 1971). Sexually mature in 2-3 years, lives maximum of about 5 years.
Ecology Comments
A schooling species.
Length
8
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-09-17
Global Status Last Changed
1996-09-17
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Pacific Slope drainages from Nass River, British Columbia, to Rogue, Klamath, and Columbia river drainages, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming; Bonneville basin, southern Idaho, western Wyoming, Utah, and eastern Nevada (Andersen and Deacon 1996); Peace River system (Arctic basin), Alberta and British Columbia; introduced in upper Missouri River system (Montana), and upper Colorado River drainage (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Arizona); common, often abundant (Page and Burr 1991).