Silverside shiner

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Silverside shiner
Status TNC G4.svg
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Alburnops
Species:
A. candidus
Binomial name
Alburnops candidus
(Suttkus, 1980)
Synonyms [3]
  • Notropis candidusSuttkus, 1980

The Silverside shiner (Alburnops candidus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. [3] [4] It is endemic to the southern United States and occurs in the Mobile Basin in Alabama and Mississippi. It occurs in sand-gravel runs of medium to large rivers. [1] It lives in small schools, escaping to deeper water when disturbed. [5] It grows to 11 cm (4.3 in) total length, although is commonly only half of that size. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 NatureServe (2013). "Notropis candidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T202294A18236436. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202294A18236436.en . Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. NatureServe (26 September 1997). "Notropis candidus". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Alburnops". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Notropis candidus". FishBase . October 2015 version.
  5. Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN   978-0-89096-880-2, p. 90 ( restricted online copy , p. 90, at Google Books)