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Luxilus cornutus

(Mitchill, 1817)

Common Shiner

G5Secure Found in 6 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100654
Element CodeAFCJB51060
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCypriniformes
FamilyLeuciscidae
GenusLuxilus
Synonyms
Notropis cornutus(Mitchill, 1817)
Other Common Names
Méné à nageoires rouges (FR)
Concept Reference
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-08-18
Change Date1996-09-18
Range Extent Comments
Upper half of Atlantic slope, most of Great Lakes drainage, lower Missouri and upper Mississippi river basins, and southern extreme of Hudson Bay drainage (Red River of North system only); southern Canada south to James River drainage, Virginia, northern Ohio, central Missouri, and Wyoming.
Occurrences Comments
This species is represented by a large number of subpopulations and locations.
Threat Impact Comments
Localized threats may exist, but on a range-wide scale no major threats are known.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Creeks and small to medium rivers with clear cool weedless water, moderate to swift current, gravel to rubble bottom, and alternating pools and riffles (usually avoids riffles). Also lakes and reservoirs, especially in north. Turbid waters in Great Plains.

Spawns over gravel beds in running water, in nests made in gravel by male in running water, or in nests of other species in running or still water. Eggs sink and become lodged in gravel.

Reproduction

Spawns in late spring and early summer. Sexually mature in 2-3 years.
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
ManitobaS5Yes
Nova ScotiaS5Yes
QuebecS5Yes
OntarioS5Yes
SaskatchewanS3Yes
New BrunswickS5Yes
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
MaineS5Yes
MichiganS5Yes
MinnesotaSNRYes
MassachusettsS4Yes
VermontS5Yes
WyomingS3Yes
ColoradoS2Yes
WisconsinS5Yes
South DakotaS5Yes
ConnecticutS5Yes
New YorkS5Yes
MarylandS5Yes
MissouriSNRYes
OklahomaSNRYes
PennsylvaniaS5Yes
KansasS3Yes
New HampshireS5Yes
District of ColumbiaS3Yes
Rhode IslandS5Yes
IowaS5Yes
IndianaS4Yes
NebraskaS3Yes
IllinoisS4Yes
North DakotaSNRYes
DelawareS4Yes
West VirginiaS1Yes
New JerseyS5Yes
OhioS4Yes
VirginiaS4Yes
Roadless Areas (6)
Minnesota (1)
AreaForestAcres
Brule Lake - Eagle MountainSuperior National Forest12,380
Vermont (1)
AreaForestAcres
Griffith Lake 09084Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests1,833
Virginia (4)
AreaForestAcres
Broad RunJefferson National Forest10,971
JerkemtightGeorge Washington National Forest16,687
Mill MountainGeorge Washington National Forest10,840
The PriestGeorge Washington National Forest5,737
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