Sand shiner

The Sand shiner lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

The Sand Shiner, Notropis stramineus, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is extremely widespread, known from central part of the United States and southern Canada in a range that stretches from Lake Champlain and the St. More

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Sand Shiner (Notropis stramineus) The sand shiner is widespread in the central part of the United States and southern Canada, from Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River to Montana, Colorado and Texas. More

The sand shiner (Notropis stramineus Cope), listed as N. deliciosus by Woolman (1896), was common to abundant in the Pembina, Forest, Sheyenne, Otter Tail, and Red Lake rivers (Fig. A35). Eigenmann (1895) collected three sand shiners from the Red River at Winnipeg. More

5 mm reported for the size of the sand shiner at time of scale formation. More

Notropis stramineus (Cope), the sand shiner, was listed as N. deliciosus by Woolman (1896), who described it as common to abundant in the Pembina, Forest, Sheyenne, Otter Tail, and Red Lake Rivers (Figure A35). Hankinson (1928) described N. d. More

Sand shiner-Notropis stramineus - Native: Yes State Rank: S5 ITIS Code: 163419 National Rank: N5 More

Sand shiner; Spottail shiner; Wedgespot shiner; Yellowfin shiner; Coastal shiner; Sharpnose shiner; Rosyface shiner; Topeka shiner; Flagfin shiner; Mimic shiner; Phantom shiner; Blackmouth shiner; Blackchin shiner; Blacknose shiner; Sailfin shiner; Ironcolor shiner; Bridle shiner; River shiner; Bigeye shiner; Ghost shiner; Pugnose shiner; More

The sand shiner, Notropis stramineus, is a small minnow that is currently found in parts of the Colorado River system, even though the species is not native to Utah. More

TN00271 SAND SHINER NOTROPIS STRAMINEUS STRAMINEUS Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS = version 12/2002 Taxonomy Status Distribution Habitat Associations Food More

Sand Shiner (Notropis stramineus) 1 - 3" - Good side-shot of a Sand Shiner. Good head-on shot of a Sand Shiner and a Common Shiner. More

Common names

carpita arenera in Spanish (español)
Jeleček durhamský in Czech (česky)
Jeleček písečný in Czech (česky)
méné paille in French (français)
sand shiner in English
堪萨斯美洲鱥 in Mandarin Chinese
堪薩斯美洲鱥 in Mandarin Chinese
沙美洲鱥 in Chinese (中文)
沙美洲鱥 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Cyprinidae
Genus : Notropis
Species : Notropis stramineus
Authority : Cope, 1865