Golden shiner
📖 Overview
Adults inhabis vegetated lakes, ponds, swamps, backwaters and pools of creeks and small to medium rivers . Can tolerate low oxygen levels, high turbidity and high temperature; omnivorous but principally feed on plankton, insects and mollusks . Migratory behaviour is undetermined .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Anal soft rays: 8 - 19. Body extremely compressed; lateral line strongly decurved; scaleless keel along belly from pelvic to anal fin; dorsal- fin origin behind pelvic-fin origin; mouth small, upturned on pointed snout; appears silver in clear and turbid water, and gold side and fins in coffee-colored water; fins red in southern hemisphere; dusky stripe along side, herringbone lines on upper side of young. Scales on lateral line 44-54; dorsal fin with 7-9 rays; anal fin with 8-19 rays, usually 11-14; rakers on 1st gill arch 17-19; and pharyngeal teeth 0,5-5,0 .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Golden shiner is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; demersal; depth range 10 - ? m. Subtropical; 0°C - 35°C ; 52°N - 25°N North America: Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from Nova Scotia in Canada to southern Texas, USA; Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins west to Saskatchewan in Canada, and Montana, west Oklahoma and Texas in USA.
🌿 Ecology
plankton, insects and mollusks (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Golden Shiner · Golden Shiner Minnow |
| 🌍CES | jeleček zlatý |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Guldløje |
| 🇩🇪German | Goldbrassen |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Kultahohtaja |
| 🇫🇷French | méné jaune |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Золотистый Шайнер · Золотой нотемигонус |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Carpita dorada |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abramis crysoleucas | Mitchill | 1814 | Synonym |
| Abramis versicolor | DeKay | 1842 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus americanus | Linnaeus | 1766 | Heterotypic |
| Cyprinus crysoleucas | Mitchill | 1814 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus hemiplus | Rafinesque | 1817 | Synonym |
| Hemiplus lacustris | Rafinesque | 1820 | Synonym |
| Leuciscus boscii | Valenciennes | 1844 | Synonym |
| Leuciscus chrysopterus | DeKay | 1842 | Synonym |
| Leuciscus gardoneus | Valenciennes | 1844 | Synonym |
| Luxilus leptosomus | Girard | 1856 | Synonym |
| Luxilus seco | Girard | 1856 | Synonym |
| Notemigonus auratus | Rafinesque | 1819 | Synonym |
| Notemigonus crysoleucas boscii | Valenciennes | 1844 | Synonym |
| Notemigonus crysoleucas crysoleucas | - | - | Synonym |
| Notemigonus ischanus | Jordan | 1877 | Synonym |
| Notropis chrysoleucas | Mitchill | 1814 | Heterotypic |
| Plagyrus americanus | Cope | 1865 | Synonym |
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Golden shiner.
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 641 records indexed .
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