Sandbar shiner

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

The Sandbar shiner lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

A picorna-like virus has been isolated from sandbar shiners (Notropis scepticus) (Iwanowicz et al., 2000; Chittick et al., 2001). References Chittick, B., Stoskopf, M., Heil, N., Levine, J. and Law, M.. (2001). More

Evaluation of sandbar shiner as a surrogate for assessing health risks to the endangered Cape Fear shiner. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 13:86-95. More

the sandbar shiner (Notropis scepticus) was sampled from all five sites. Morphometrics, bacterial cultures, histological assessments and clinical diagnostic procedures are being used to assess the health status of the shiners across the five sites. More

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Common names

Jeleček saludanský in Czech (česky)
sandbar shiner in English
显美洲鱥 in Mandarin Chinese
顯美洲鱥 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Cyprinidae
Genus : Notropis
Species : Notropis scepticus
Authority : Jordan and Gilbert, 1883