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Spotfin Shiner

Cyprinella spiloptera

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 136, February 140, March 221, April 433, May 833, June 390, July 294, August 266, September 279, October 229, November 143, December 128.
United States15,758
Canada3,594
Ontario3,492
Ohio1,834
Virginia1,355
Illinois1,354
Michigan1,028
West Virginia1,005
New York961
Kentucky927

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
GenusSatinfin Shiners · Cyprinella

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