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Common Shiner

Luxilus cornutus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 406, February 417, March 660, April 1,291, May 2,481, June 1,163, July 875, August 792, September 833, October 682, November 426, December 380.
United States22,714
Canada12,012
Ontario10,406
New York5,246
Minnesota2,787
Michigan2,565
Pennsylvania1,678
Wisconsin1,504
Quebec1,062
Maryland908

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilyTrue Minnows · Leuciscidae
GenusHighscale Shiners · Luxilus

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