Adults inhabit flowing pools and runs of large, often turbid, rivers. Usually occurs over sand and gravel . Migratory behaviour is undetermined .
Physical description for Silverband shiner is currently being compiled.
Behavioural data for Silverband shiner is currently being reviewed.
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical; 45°N - 29°N North America: large rivers of Missouri-Mississippi basins (mainly Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Kaskaskia, lower Ohio, Arkansas, and Red rivers), from South Dakota and central Illinois, USA south to Gulf; Gulf Coast drainages in Texas from Sabine Lake (apparently introduced) to Colorado River.
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