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| Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814) |
The golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas, is a cyprinid fish native to eastern North America and introduced throughout the continent. Samuel Latham Mitchill ( August 20, 1764 &ndash September 7, 1831) was an American Physician, naturalist and Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek κυπρῖνος ( kuprīnos "carp" consists of the Carps Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two It is the sole member of its genus.
The golden shiner's back is a green to olive shade, and the belly a silvery white, but its golden or silvery sides are what gets noticed. There may be a faint dusky stripe along the sides as well, and the lateral line has a pronounced downward curve, with its lowest point just above the pelvic fins. In Fish, the lateral line is a Sense organ used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water The prominent anal fin is indented in the middle and has 11-15 rays, while the dorsal fin has 8 rays. It is known to reach a length of 30 cm.
Golden shiners primarily feed on zooplankton; a study at Clear Lake in California showed zooplankton as 95% of the diet. Zooplankton are the Heterotrophic (sometimes detritivorous) type of Plankton. Clear Lake is the largest natural Lake entirely in California, and has the largest surface area of any freshwater lake entirely in California the tenth largest by California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. They may also eat insects, or filamentous algae if little else is available. They are themselves food for all manner of game fish, such as trout or bass. Trout is the common name given to a number of Species of Freshwater Fish belonging to the Salmonidae family Bass (ˈbæs is a name shared by many different species of popular Gamefish.
They prefer quiet waters, rarely being found in streams that have a detectable current, but may be found in a wide variety of habitats meeting the one requirement, from ditches and sloughs to ponds and large lakes. They do better in clear water with dense mats of vegetation, but can deal with pollution, turbidity, and low oxygen content.
It is much used as a bait fish, possibly the most widely cultivated in North America; it grows to any desired size rapidly. Bait fish are small fish caught for use as bait to attract large predatory fish particularly Game fish.
References
- Notemigonus crysoleucas (TSN 163368). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Integrated Taxonomic Information System ( ITIS) is a partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the Taxonomy of biological Species Retrieved on 18 April 2006. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- William F. Sigler and John W. Sigler, Fishes of the Great Basin (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1987), pp. 188-191
- "Notemigonus crysoleucas". FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. April 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.
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