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 habitatedit
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.
Referencesedit
^NatureServe (2013). "Notropis amoenus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202283A18229688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202283A18229688.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
Comely shiner on FishBase
Smith, L. C. The Inland Fishes of New York State. New York: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 1985, pp. 167, 170.
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comely, shiner, comely, shiner, notropis, amoenus, small, species, north, american, fish, belonging, family, cyprinidae, conservation, statusleast, concern, iucn, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclass, actinopterygii. The comely shiner Notropis amoenus is a small species of North American fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae Comely shinerConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder CypriniformesFamily CyprinidaeSubfamily LeuciscinaeClade PogonichthyinaeGenus NotropisSpecies N amoenusBinomial nameNotropis amoenus C C Abbott 1874 SynonymsAlburnellus amoenus Abbott 1874Description editThe 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 editThe 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 edit NatureServe 2013 Notropis amoenus IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013 e T202283A18229688 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2013 1 RLTS T202283A18229688 en Retrieved 13 November 2021 Comely shiner on FishBase Smith L C The Inland Fishes of New York State New York The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 1985 pp 167 170 This Notropis article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Comely shiner amp oldid 1140784811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
