The Fishes of North Carolina
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Leuciscidae Notropis sp. “Kanawha” Rosyface Shiner Notropis sp. “Kanawha” Rosyface Shiner Unique Characters: Morphologically similar to the Highland Shiner, Notropis micropteryx, but genetically … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Leuciscidae Notropis photogenis (Cope) 1865 Silver Shiner Notropis photogenis Unique Characters: Slender, compressed silvery body. Two black crescents between nostrils. Large, terminal mouth. … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Leuciscidae Notropis micropteryx (Cope) 1868 Highland Shiner Notropis micropteryx Unique Characters: Sharply pointed snout. Dorsal fin origin well behind pelvic origin. Breeding male … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Leuciscidae Hydrophlox sp. “Piedmont” Shiner Hydrophlox sp. “Piedmont” Shiner Unique Characters: Lateral stripe dark anteriorly, passes uninterrupted from caudal fin onto opercle. Breeding … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team The New River basin, in the extreme northwest corner of North Carolina, is one of the smallest river basins in the state with a drainage area … Read more
“Minnow” Species (Families Cyprinidae, Xenocyprididae, and Leuciscidae) Diversity in North Carolina By the NCFishes.com Team Next to our native darters (Family Percidae), our native species of minnows rival the brightly … Read more
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Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Leuciscidae Hydrophlox rubricroceus (Cope) 1868 Saffron Shiner Hydrophlox rubricroceus Unique Characters: Lacks black blotches on the sides. Darkly outlined scales below the lateral … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Leuciscidae Hydrophlox lutipinnis (Jordan and Brayton) 1878 Yellowfin Shiner Hydrophlox lutipinnis Unique Characters: In North Carolina the Yellowfin Shiner occurs only in the … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Leuciscidae Hydrophlox chlorocephalus (Cope) 1870 Greenhead Shiner Hydrophlox chlorocephalus Unique Characters: Breeding male is red with bright white fins. Snout shorter than the … Read more