Luxilus cornutus

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Inhabits rocky pools near riffles in clear, cool creeks and small to medium rivers . Sometimes occurs in lakes in northern part of range .

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Reproduction

Hybridization between Luxilus cornutus and Luxilus chrysocephalus occurs frequently in areas where the ranges of the two species overlap.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Argyreus rubripinnis Heckel • Cyprinus cornutus • Cyprinus cornutus Mitchill • Cyprinus cornutus Mitchill, 1817 • Cyprinus haematopterus Rafinesque • Cyprinus megalops Rafinesque • Cyprinus melanurus Rafinesque • Cyprinus trivittatus Rafinesque • Hypsilepis cornutus cyaneus Cope • Leuciscus frontalis Agassiz • Leuciscus gracilis Agassiz • Leuciscus spirlingulus Valenciennes • Leuciscus vittatus Dekay • Luxilus cornutus • Notropis cornutus (Mitchill • Notropis universitatis Evermann and Cockerell • Plargyrus argentatus Girard • Plargyrus bowmani Girard • Rutilus compressus Rafinesque

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 14-May-1994

Similar Species

Fish Name Lateral Line Anal Fin Dorsal Fin Other Diagnostic Features Similarity Index Comments Common Shiner 34-40 highly elevated scales; lateral line decurved Usually 9 rays (rarely 8 or 10) 8 rays; membranes generally unpigmented, rays outlined with dark pigment in breeding males Usually 25-32 (21-37) predorsal scales; little chin pigment N/A Golden Shiner 42-54 rounded scales; lateral line strongly decurved 11-15 rays 8 rays (rarely 7 or 9); membranes generally unpigmented; fin light olive or yellowish Scaleless keel in front of vent; 16-21 gill rakers Moderately similar Red Shiner 32-36 diamond-shaped scales; lateral line slightly decurved Usually 9 rays (rarely 8 or 10) 8 rays; all membranes with uniform dark pigment Snout blunter and body deeper than spotfin shiner Moderately similar Not native to WI; may occur here as a stray from populations further south. Spotfin Shiner 35-39 diamond-shaped scales; lateral line slightly decurved 8 rays 8 rays; membranes of last 2-3 rays pigmented; blotch-like in adults, a few speckles in juveniles Snout more pointed and body not as deep as red shiner Moderately similar Striped Shiner 36-40 highly elevated scales; lateral line decurved Usually 9 rays (rarely 8 or 10) 8 rays; membranes generally unpigmented, rays outlined with dark pigment in breeding adults Usually 16-19 (13-23) predorsal scales; chin 1/3 pigmented Very similar Rudd 37-47 rounded scales; lateral line strongly decurved 11-13 rays 9-11 rays; membranes lack dark pigment but fin (including membranes) is red in adults Scaled keel in front of vent; 8-13 gill rakers Moderately similar Not established in WI. There is a very slight chance that a survivor from past bait-bucket introductions may be encountered.

Members of the genus Luxilus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. albeolus (White Shiner) · L. cardinalis (Cardinal Shiner) · L. cerasinus (Crescent Shiner) · L. chrysocephalus (Striped Shiner) · L. chrysocephalus chrysocephalus (Central Striped Shiner) · L. coccogenis (Warpaint Shiner) · L. cornutus (Common Shiner) · L. dissimilis (Streamline Chub) · L. elongatus (Redside Dace) · L. erythrogaster (Southern Redbelly Dace) · L. pilsbryi (Duskystripe Shiner) · L. zonatus (Bleeding Heart Tetra) · L. zonistius (Bandfin Frogfish)

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Further Reading

• ... The fishes of Illinois, [Danville, Ill.]Pub. by authority of the State Legislature[1908] url .
• ... The fishes of Illinois, by Stephen Alfred Forbes. .. and Robert Earl Richardson, A.M. [Danville, Ill.]: Pub. by authority of the state Legislature, [1908] url p. 137.
• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. url p. 26.
• A manual of land and fresh water vertebrate animals of the United States (exclusive of birds) by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co., inc.[c1935] url p. 76.
• A manual of the vertebrate animals of the northern United States: including the district north and east of the Ozark mountains, south of the Laurentian hills, north of the southern boundary of Virginia, and east of the Missouri river, inclusive of marine species / Chicago:A. C. McClurg, 1916. url .
• American fishes: a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture / by G. Brown Goode. .. with numerous illustrations. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, c1887. url p. 431.
• American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture, Boston, L. C. Page[c1903]. url , , .
• Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. New-York: 1824-1876. url p. 340, p. 357, p. 370, p. 373, p. 377.
• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. New York, New York Academy of Sciences. url p. 307.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 343.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 12, p. 28, p. 29, p. 31, p. 42, p. 60, p. 61, p. 93.
• Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 115, p. 116, p. 482, p. 492, p. 498.
• Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N.Y.: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 1873- url p. 153, p. 94.
• Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Salem, Mass., Essex Institute. url p. 25, p. 34, p. 37.
• Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Bloomington, Ill.: The Laboratory, 1876-1918. url p. 47, p. 57, p. 80.
• Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off. url p. 70.
• Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / Department of the Interior. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874- url p. 420.
• Bulletin. Salem, Mass. url p. 25, p. 34, p. 37.
• Catalogue of mammals, birds, reptiles, and fishes, of the Dominion of Canada Montréal?: s.n., 1878? url .
• Contributions to North American Ichthyology based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum / by David S. Jordan and Alembert W. Brayton. Washington: G.P.O., 1878. url , .
• Contributions to North American ichthyology. Based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1877-78. url p. 11, p. 39, p. 42, p. 45, p. 60, p. 61, p. 64, p. 78, p. 93, p. 95.
• Fishes in Kansas / Frank B. Cross, Joseph T. Collins; foreword by John E. Hayes, Jr. Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas Natural History Museum: c1995. url p. 72.
• Life-histories of the frogs of Okefinokee swamp, Georgia; North American Salientia (Anura) no.2; by Albert Hazen Wright. New York, The Macmillan company, 1931. url p. 407, p. 488.
• Manitoba and the great North-West the field for investment; the home of the emigrant, being a full and complete history of the country. ../ by John Macoun. Guelph, Ont.: World Pub. Co., 1882. url .
• Manual of the vertebrate animals of the northern U.S.. .. inclusive of the marine species. Chicago, McClurg, 1894, c1876-88. url .
• Manual of the vertebrates of the northern United States, including the district east of the Mississippi River, and north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of marine species. Chicago, Jansen, McClurg, 1884. url p. 293.
• Name that animal; a guide to the identification of the common land and fresh-water animals of the United States, with special reference to the area east of the Rockies. With drawings by Olive Driver. Northampton? Mass., 1950 url p. 287, p. 290.
• Phylogenetic studies of North American minnows: with emphasis on the genus Cyprinella (Teleostei, Cypriniformes) / by Richard L. Mayden. 1989 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1989. url fig. 64, page 128, fig. 65, page 129, fig. 67, page 135, fig. 78, page 155, p. 7, fig. 41, page 99.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 79.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 309, p. 315, p. 318.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 2 1879 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 225, p. 506, p. 515.
• Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio. Columbus, Nevins & Myers, state printers, 1873-93. url , .
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 128, p. 559.
• Report. Springfield, 1880- url , , p. 71.
• Rock River area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, Natural History Survey Division, in conjunction with State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, IL: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1996- url p. 101, p. 137.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 23 1882 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 11, p. 110, p. 12, p. 28, p. 29, p. 31, p. 49, p. 506, p. 515, p. 61.
• The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 214, p. 215.
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• The fishes of Illinois / Stephen Alfred Forbes and Robert Earl Richardson. [Springfield, Ill.]Published by authority of the State of Illinois, 1920. url p. 137.
• The fishes of Illinois / by Stephen Alfred Forbes and Robert Earl Richardson. [Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Journal Co.], 1919-1920. url p. 137.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Fuller, Pam. 2009. Luxilus cornutus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=563> Revision Date: 8/5/2004
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• Lyons, John. WiscFish.org University of Wisconsin, Center for Limnology, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant. Provided photos, physical description, and table comparing similar species.
• Paxton, John (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
• University of Alberta: University of Alberta Ichthology Collection
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 131205
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24176
• Fishbase Species ID: 2851
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13808231
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 163836
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCJB51060
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 14643

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