Ghost shiner

Ghost Shiner is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.

The Ghost shiner lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

CHARACTERISTICS: The ghost shiner is pale and has a deep, somewhat slab-sided body. Its arched back tapers to a small head, which has a small, slightly oblique mouth. More

Ghost shiner-Notropis buchanani - Native: Yes State Rank: S3 ITIS Code: 163414 National Rank: N5 More

GHOST SHINER Notropis buchanani ghost shiner, notropis buchanani 1.75". Brazos River @ I10, Waller County, 7-8? anal rays, 8 dorsal rays, Pharyngeal teeth 0,4-4,0 ghost shiner, notropis buchanani 1.5". More

Ghost - In Alabama the ghost shiner is only found in the Tennessee River valley, and the ghost shiner is similar to the mimic shiner and the channel shiner, though the tips of the ghost shiner's pelvic fins extend almost to the anal fin. More

Article: First records of a fish species, the ghost shiner notropis buchanani, in Michigan. More

Common names

carpita fantasma in Spanish (español)
ghost shiner in English
Jeleček Buchananův in Czech (česky)
布氏美洲鱥 in Chinese (中文)
布氏美洲鱥 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Cyprinidae
Genus : Notropis
Species : Notropis buchanani
Authority : Meek, 1896