
Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Leuciscidae | Notropis chiliticus | (Cope) | 1870 | Redlip Shiner |
Notropis chiliticus
Unique Characters: Bright red lips. Scattered black blotches on sides. Darkly outlined scales absent below the lateral line. Small, pale spot at the beginning and end of the dorsal fin base. Melanophores extending more than one-quarter of the height of the dorsal fin. Dark humeral bar behind head.
Similar Species:
Greenhead Shiner Notropis chlorocephalus, Yellowfin Shiner Notropis lutipinnis, and Notropis sp. “Piedmont” Shiner. No red on lips or scattered black blotches on sides. Dark humeral bar behind head absent.



Saffron Shiner Notropis rubricroceus. Lacks black blotches on the sides. Darkly outlined scales below the lateral line. Melanophores extending only slightly beyond the base of the dorsal fin.

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