Notropis

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Genus of fishes

title: "Notropis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["notropis", "pogonichthyinae", "cypriniformes-genera", "taxa-named-by-constantine-samuel-rafinesque"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/notropis" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notropis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = Notropis atherinoides 351103520.jpg | image_caption = Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides) | taxon = Notropis | authority = Rafinesque, 1818 | type_species = Notropis atherinoides | type_species_authority = Rafinesque 1818 | synonyms = {{Genus list | Alburnellus | Girard, 1856 | Alburnops | Girard, 1856 | Azteca | D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 | Aztecula | D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898 | Chriope | D. S. Jordan, 1878 | Episema | Cope & D. S. Jordan, 1877 | Erinemus | D. S. Jordan, 1876 | Minnilus | Rafinesque, 1820 | Nazatexico | Whitley, 1931 | Nototropis | D. S. Jordan, 1877 | Opsopoea | D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898 | Orcella | D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 | Orcula | D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1900 | Paranotropis | Fowler 1904 | Photogenis | Cope, 1867 |synonyms_ref =

Notropis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. They are known commonly as eastern shiners. They are native to North America, and are one of the continent's most speciose genera.

A 1997 phylogenetic analysis placed the genus in a clade with Campostoma, Cyprinella, Phenacobius, Platygobio and Rhinichthys. The systematics of the genus is still unclear. It has not been confirmed to be monophyletic. While it has been divided into several subgenera and species groups, the relationships between the taxa are not yet understood.

Characteristics

Members of the genus Notropis have eight dorsal rays and have no barbels. Scales for most species are not usually that much taller than they are wide. Their scales are usually not diamond shaped.

Their intestines are short and usually have one loop at the front.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Notropis_girardi.jpg" caption="Notropis girardi]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Notropis_maculatus_NC_0885.jpg" caption="Notropis maculatus]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Notropis_stilbius_silverstripe_shiner.JPG" caption="Notropis stilbius]]''"] ::

References

References

  1. {{Cof family
  2. [http://www.cbif.gc.ca/acp/fra/siti/regarder?tsn=163399 ''Notropis''] Système canadien d’information sur la biodiversité (SCIB)
  3. McAllister, C.T., Layher, W.G., Robison, H.W. & Buchanan, T.M. (2009): [https://libraries.uark.edu/aas/issues/2009v63/v63a27.pdf New Distribution Records for Three Species of ''Notropis'' (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Large Rivers of Arkansas.] ''Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, 63: 192-194.''
  4. Page, Lawrence M.. (2011). "Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America North of Mexico". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  5. Simons, A.M. & Mayden, R. (1997): [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00315.x/abstract Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae).] ''Cladistics, 13 (3): 187-205.''
  6. Cashner, M.F., Piller, K.R. & Bart, H.L. (2011): [http://jobs.southeastern.edu/acad_research/depts/biol/faculty/publications/pdf/2011/cashner_et_al2011.pdf Phylogenetic relationships of the North American cyprinid subgenus ''Hydrophlox''.] {{webarchive. link. (2014-05-05 ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59 (3): 725-735.'')
  7. {{Cof genus

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