Warpaint shiner
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit gravel and rubble riffles and adjacent pools of clear, fast creeks and small to medium rivers . Common in cool, clear streams with rocky substrates. They feed on mayfly nymphs and other aquatic immatures, with some terrestrial insects during spring, while summer food consists mostly of insects taken at the surface, with aquatic immatures . Oviparous , probably nest spawners like congeners. Migratory behaviour is undetermined .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Warpaint shiner is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Warpaint shiner is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Warpaint shiner is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Warpaint shiner is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; pelagic. Temperate; 38°N - 34°N North America: upper Tennessee River drainage in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, northern Georgia and northern Alabama, and adjacent tributaries of Savannah River in North Carolina and South Carolina, Santee River in North Carolina and New River in North Carolina, USA.
🌿 Ecology
mayfly nymphs and other aquatic immatures, with some terrestrial insects during spring, while summer
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Warpaint Shiner |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypsilepis coccogenis | Cope | 1868 | Synonym |
| Notropis brimleyi | Bean | 1903 | Synonym |
| Notropis coccogenis | Cope | 1868 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 145 records indexed .
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