Rainbow shiner

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

The Rainbow shiner lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

DISTRIBUTION: The rainbow shiner is almost exclusively confined to the Mobile River basin above the Fall Line in the Alabama Valley and Ridge. More

In nature, Rainbow Shiners are found in small streams accompanied by a species of bottom feeding fish, Campostoma sp., commonly referred to as Stonerollers. Male Stonerollers build a large spawning nest made of small stones and pebbles. These nests may be up to a foot in diameter. More

Rainbow Shiner and the color remained much like the Chrome version. The 1980 version of VRB was a bit 'softer' with less chrome appearance as shown in the Wee Tad. More

Rainbow Shiners (Notropis chrosomus) Rainbow Shiners (Notropis chrosomus) 640x480 (53kb) More

REPRODUCTIVRE BEHAVIOR OF THE RAINBOW SHINER (NOTROPIS CHROSOMUS) AND THE ROUGH SHINER (NOTROPIS BAILEYI), NEST ASSOCIATES OF THE BLUEHEAD CHUB (NOCOMIS LEPTOCEPHALUS) (PISCES: CYPRINIDAE) IN THE AlABAMA RIVER DRAINAGE Publisher The Alabama Academy of Science Year More

Common names

Jeleček duhový in Czech (česky)
rainbow shiner in English
虹美洲鱥 in Chinese (中文)
虹美洲鱥 in Mandarin Chinese

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