Shiner is a common name used in North America for any of several kinds of small, usually silvery fish, in particular a number of cyprinids, but also e.g. the shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata).
Cyprinid shiners are:
- Eastern shiners, genus Notropis
- Finescale shiners, genus Lythrurus
- Flagfin shiners, genus Pteronotropis
- Golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas (a monotypic genus)
- Highscale shiners, genus Luxilus
- Redside shiners, genus Richardsonius
- Satinfin shiners, genus Cyprinella
See also
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- Chub (disambiguation)
- Dace (disambiguation)
- Minnow
- Roach (disambiguation)
