| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Leuciscidae | Notropis lutipinnis | (Jordan and Brayton) | 1878 | Yellowfin Shiner |
Notropis lutipinnis
Unique Characters: In North Carolina the Yellowfin Shiner occurs only in the Savannah and Little Tennessee (introduced) basins where the Greenhead Shiner and “Piedmont” Shiner are absent. Breeding male usually has yellow to red fins. Scales below lateral line weakly outlined. Faint humeral bar. Lateral stripe extends onto the head. Lateral stripe dark anteriorly, passes uninterrupted from caudal fin onto opercle. Lower margin of lateral stripe on the same level on opercle as on cheek.
Similar Species:
Saffron Shiner
Notropis rubricroceus
“Piedmont” Shiner
Notropis sp. “Piedmont” Shiner
Saffron Shiner Notropis rubricroceus. Scales below the lateral line darkly outlined. Dark humeral bar. Lateral stripe does not extend onto head.
“Piedmont” Shiner Notropis sp. “Piedmont” Shiner. Restricted to the Broad basin.
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