Notropis heterolepis

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Occurs usually over sand in clear vegetated lakes and pools of creeks and small rivers .

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Notropis heterolepis regalis Hubbs & Lagler • Notropis kendalli Evermann & Cockerell • Notropis muskoka Meek

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 23-May-1994

Similar Species

Fish Name Mouth Lateral Stripe Other Distinguishing Features Similarity Index Comments Blackchin Shiner Terminal, oblique Always present, usually with an irregular (zig-zag) upper margin. Pigment on upper and lower lips, chin, and snout. None Very similar Dark lateral stripe, unless otherwise noted 8 anal rays, 8 dorsal rays, a silvery peritoneum with an intestine shorter than their total length, a scaled breast, and no pigment on the roof and floor of the mouth Blacknose Shiner Terminal or slightly subterminal, nearly horizontal Always present, with a straight upper margin and light area above. A dark crescent outlines the anterior edge of each lateral-line scale. Pigment on snout and upper lip but not lower lip or chin. None N/A Dark lateral stripe, unless otherwise noted 8 anal rays, 8 dorsal rays, a silvery peritoneum with an intestine shorter than their total length, a scaled breast, and no pigment on the roof and floor of the mouth Ironcolor Shiner Terminal, oblique Always present, dark and wide, with a straight upper margin and a light area above. Pigment on upper and lower lips, chin, and snout. Breast not scaled; pigmented on roof and floor of mouth Very similar Dark lateral stripe, unless otherwise noted 8 anal rays, 8 dorsal rays, a silvery peritoneum with an intestine shorter than their total length, a scaled breast, and no pigment on the roof and floor of the mouth; extirpated from WI Ozark Minnow Terminal, oblique Always present, with a straight upper margin. Pigment on snout and upper lip but often absent from lower lip and chin. Peritoneum black; intestine strongly coiled, 2 times total length Very similar Dark lateral stripe, unless otherwise noted 8 anal rays, 8 dorsal rays, a silvery peritoneum with an intestine shorter than their total length, a scaled breast, and no pigment on the roof and floor of the mouth Pallid Shiner Slightly subterminal, nearly horizontal Often faint or absent; has a straight upper margin when present. Pigment on snout but not upper lip, lower lip, or chin. Pale, with little pigmentation except lateral stripe Very similar Dark lateral stripe not always present, unless otherwise noted 8 anal rays, 8 dorsal rays, a silvery peritoneum with an intestine shorter than their total length, a scaled breast, and no pigment on the roof and floor of the mouth Pugnose Minnow Superior, strongly oblique to nearly vertical Sometimes faint or absent; has a straight upper margin when present. Pigment on snout, lips, and chin 9 dorsal rays Very similar Dark lateral stripe not always present, unless otherwise noted 8 anal rays, 8 dorsal rays, a silvery peritoneum with an intestine shorter than their total length, a scaled breast, and no pigment on the roof and floor of the mouth Pugnose Shiner Superior, strongly oblique to nearly vertical Always present with a straight or irregular (zig-zag) upper margin. Pigment on snout and upper and lower lips, but little on chin Peritoneum dark brown or black Very similar Dark lateral stripe, unless otherwise noted 8 anal rays, 8 dorsal rays, a silvery peritoneum with an intestine shorter than their total length, a scaled breast, and no pigment on the roof and floor of the mouth Weed Shiner Terminal, oblique Always present, sometimes thin, with a straight or irregular upper margin and a light area above. Pigment on upper and lower lips, chin, and snout. Anterior breast not scaled; 7 anal rays Very similar Dark lateral stripe, unless otherwise noted 8 anal rays, 8 dorsal rays, a silvery peritoneum with an intestine shorter than their total length, a scaled breast, and no pigment on the roof and floor of the mouth

Members of the genus Notropis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 144 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

N. rubescens (Gulf of Mexico Fringed Sole) · N. aguirrepequenoi (Soto La Marina Shiner) · N. albeolus (White Shiner) · N. albizonatus (Palezone Shiner) · N. alborus (Whitemouth Shiner) · N. altipinnis (Highfin Shiner) · N. altipinnis altipinnis (Highfin Shiner) · N. amabilis (Texas Shiner) · N. amecae (Ameca Shiner) · N. ammophilus (Orangefin Shiner) · N. amnis (Pallid Shiner) · N. amoenus (Comely Shiner) · N. amplamala (Longjaw Minnow) · N. anogenus (Pugnose Shiner) · N. ardens (Rosefin Shiner) · N. ariommus (Popeye Shiner) · N. asperifrons (Burrhead Shiner?74 Names of Fishes) · N. atherinoides (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. atherinoides atherinoides (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. atherinoides dilectus (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. athernoides (Ricardo's Squeaker) · N. atrapiculus (Smalleye Shiner) · N. atrocaudalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. aulidion (Durango Shiner) · N. baileyi (Rough Shiner) · N. bairdi (Red River Shiner) · N. bairdi buccula (Smalleye Shiner) · N. bifrenatus (Bridle Shiner) · N. blennius (River Shiner) · N. boops (Bigeye Shiner) · N. boucardi (Balsas Shiner) · N. braytoni (Tamaulipas Shiner) · N. buccatus (Silverjaw Minnow) · N. buccula (Smalleye Shiner) · N. buchanani (Ghost Shiner) · N. caeruleus (Blue Shiner) · N. cahabae (Cahaba Shiner) · N. calientis (Yellow Shiner) · N. callitaenia (Bluestripe Shiner) · N. candidus (Silverside Shiner) · N. cardinalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. cayuga atrocaudalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. chalybaeus (Ironcolor Shiner) · N. chihuahua (Chihuahua Shiner) · N. chiliticus (Redlip Rubberlip) · N. chlorocephalus (Greenhead Shiner) · N. chrosomus (Rainbow Shiner) · N. coccogenis (Warpaint Shiner) · N. cumingii (Atoyac Chub) · N. cummingsae (Dusky Shiner) · N. dorsalis (Bigmouth Shiner) · N. edwardraneyi (Fluvial Shiner) · N. euryzonus (Broadnose Worm Eel) · N. formosus (Beautiful Shiner) · N. fumeus (Ribbon Shiner) · N. galacturus (Whitetail Shiner) · N. gibbsi (Tallapoosa Shiner) · N. girardi (Arkansas River Shiner) · N. greenei (Wedgespot Shiner) · N. harperi (Redeye Shiner) · N. heterodon (Blackchin Guitarfish) · N. heterolepis (Blacknose Shiner) · N. heterolepsis (European Pike-Perch) · N. hubbsi (Bluehead Shiner) · N. hudsonius (Spot-Tail Minnow) · N. hudsonius amarus (Shiner) · N. hudsonius hudsonius (Spot-Tail Minnow) · N. hudsonius selene (Shiner) · N. hypselopterus (Sailfin Shiner) · N. hypsilepis (Highscale Shiner) · N. hypsinotus (Highback Chub) · N. imeldae (Sardinita De Rio Verde) · N. jemezanus (Rio Grande Minnow) · N. leedsi (Bannerfin Shiner) · N. leuciodus (Tennessee Shiner) · N. lineapunctatus (Lined Chub) · N. longirostris (Longnose Shiner) · N. ludibundus (Sand Shiner) · N. lutipinnis (Yellowfin Shiner) · N. lutrensis (Red Shiner) · N. lutrensis lutrensis (Red Shiner) · N. maculatus (Taillight Gulper) · N. mekistocholas (Cape Fear Shiner) · N. melanostomus (Blackmouth Shiner) · N. micropteryx (Highland Shiner) · N. moralesi (Sardinita De Tepelmene) · N. nazas (Nazas Shiner) · N. niveus (Whitefin Shiner) · N. nubilus (Roseate Shiner) · N. orca (Phantom Shiner) · N. ortenburgeri (Kiamichi Shiner) · N. oxyrhynchus (Sharpnose Shiner) · N. ozarcanus (Ozark Shiner) · N. percobromus (Carmine Shiner) · N. perpallidus (Colorless Shiner) · N. petersoni (Coastal Shiner) · N. photogenis (Silver Shiner) · N. pilsbryi (Duskystripe Shiner) · N. potteri (Chub Shiner) · N. procne (Swallowtail Shiner)

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Further Reading

• 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. 27.
• A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 15.
• Adult and juvenile fish populations of inshore southeastern Lake Michigan near the Cook Nuclear Power Plant during 1973-82 / Ann Arbor, Mich.: Great Lakes Research Division, Great Lakes and Marine Waters Center, the University of Michigan, 1985. url p. 4.
• Annotated catalog of type specimens in the Illinois Natural History Survey Fish Collection / [Champaign, Ill.]: Illinois Natural History Survey, [1997] url p. 298.
• Annual program report. [Toronto]: Ministry of the Environment, A.P.I.O.S. Coordination Office. url p. 32, p. 34.
• Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 323, p. 327, p. 328, p. 329, p. 330.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 287, p. 288.
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat Changes Resulting from Construction of a Nine-Foot Channel on Pools 24, 25, and 26 of the Mississippi River and the Lower Illinois River, Ft. BelvoirDefense Technical Information CenterAPR 1979. url p. 241, p. 441.
• Fish, wildlife and recreational values of Michigan's coastal wetlands / Twin Cities, Minn.: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region III, 1978. url p. 114.
• 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. 92, p. xiv.
• Fishes of Canada's national capital region = Poissons de la région de la capitale du Canada / Ottawa: Dept. of the Environment, Fisheries and Marine Service, 1974. url p. 84.
• Fishes of Maine / W. Harry Everhart. Augusta, Me.: Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Game, 1958. url p. 65.
• Fishes of Maine. Augusta, Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Game, 1950. url p. 52.
• Management of artificial lakes and ponds. New York, Reinhold Pub. Corp.[1962] url p. 268.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1967 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 141, p. 142, p. 328, p. 69.
• Non-native fishes inhabiting the streams and lakes of Illinois / Champaign, Ill.: Illinois Natural History Survey, [1996] url p. 18.
• Northern fishes: with special reference to the Upper Mississippi Valley / [by] Samuel Eddy and Thaddeus Surber. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, [1947] url p. 164.
• 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 p. 142, fig. 22, page 27, p. 42, p. 71.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 112, p. 32, p. 33, p. 96, p. 96.
• Report of the Department of Fisheries of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [Harrisburg: The Dept.]: 1905-1918. url .
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 134.
• Some considerations on the distribution of fishes in Ontario. [Toronto]: Printed by the University of Toronto Press, 1944. url p. 36, p. 6.
• Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url , p. 2, p. 37.
• Technical report: Illinois natural areas inventory / by the Department of Landscape Architecture, Univeristy of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and the Natural Land Institute, Rockford, Illinois. Urbana: Dept. of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois and Natural Land Institute, 1978. url p. 180, p. 411.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 122, p. 132, p. 141, p. 213, p. 322, p. 346, p. 483, p. 486, p. 538, p. 608, p. 617, p. 619, p. 642, p. 657, p. 701.
• The changing Illinois environment: critical trends: technical report of the Critical Trends Assessment Project. Springfield, Ill.: Ill. Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources, 1994. url p. 164, p. 193.
• The ecology and economics of Oneida Lake fish / by Charles C. Adams and T.L. Hankinson. Syracuse, N.Y.: Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station, c1928. url p. 344.
• The fishes of Champaign County, Illinois: during a century of alterations of a prairie ecosystem / Champaign, IL: Illinois Natural History Survey, 1996. url p. 114, p. 116, p. 64.
• The fishes of Illinois / Stephen Alfred Forbes and Robert Earl Richardson. [Springfield, Ill.]Published by authority of the State of Illinois, 1920. url p. 133.
• The fishes of Illinois / by Stephen Alfred Forbes and Robert Earl Richardson. [Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Journal Co.], 1919-1920. url p. 133.
• The fishes of Illinois, by Stephen Alfred Forbes and Robert Earl Richardson, A.M. [Springfield, Ill.]: Published by authority of the state of Illinois, 1920. url p. 133.
• The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1896-1900. url p. 260.
• The fishes of the Ottawa region / [Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology], 1939. url p. 23.
• The freshwater fishes of New Brunswick: a checklist with distributional notes / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1959. url p. 21.
• The turtles of Illinois; Urbana, Ill., University of Illinois, 1937 url p. 183.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 155, p. 3, p. 66.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 17 1966 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 123, p. 124, p. 361, maps 73-74, page 499, p. 515, p. 555, p. 59, p. 75, p. 759.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Heemstra, Phillip C. (from FishBase).
• 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.
• 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 March 01, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• 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 of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• University of Alberta: University of Alberta Ichthology Collection
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 133352
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30385
• Fishbase Species ID: 2865
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13818222
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 163446
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCJB28530
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13283

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