Shiner is a common name used in North America for any of several kinds of small, iridescent (usually gold- or silver-hued) freshwater ray-finned fish in the suborder Cyprinoidei, particularly species in the family Leuciscidae, but also the eponymously-named yet unrelated, shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) of the order Blenniformes.
Shiners fall into several genera (excluding the shiner perch):
Family Leuciscidae:
- Eastern shiners, genus Notropis
- Finescale shiners, genus Lythrurus
- Flagfin shiners, genus Pteronotropis
- Golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas (a monotypic genus)
- Highscale shiners, genus Luxilus
- Redside shiners, genus Richardsonius
- Satinfin shiners, genus Cyprinella
Notropis maculatus, an eastern shiner
Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
Shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata)
See also
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