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Comely shiner

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Notropis amoenus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Genus
  
Notropis

Rank
  
Species

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Swallowtail shiner, Satinfin shiner, Notropis telescopus, Ironcolor shiner, Rosyface shiner

The comely shiner (Notropis amoenus) is a small species of North American fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae.

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Description

The comely shiner is a thin, silvery minnow. It can be identified by its dorsal and ventral fins of equal curvature, slender and compressed body, and posterior-sided stripe. The scales are crowded from its anterior fin to the pelvic fin. It is pale in color, but a darker olive green on its top. They can grow up to 8.8 cm in length.

Distribution and habitat

The comely shiner lives from the southern Hudson River to the Cape Fear River system in North Carolina. They breed in the spring and summer seasons. The comely shiner prefers streams and other bodies of water 2 or more feet deep. It tends to live in pools and backwaters of swift streams.

References

Comely shiner Wikipedia


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