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Notemigonus crysoleucas

(Mitchill, 1814)

Golden Shiner

G5Secure Found in 19 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
LowThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103602
Element CodeAFCJB27010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCypriniformes
FamilyLeuciscidae
GenusNotemigonus
Other Common Names
Méné jaune (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.
Taxonomic Comments
Nominal subspecies have not been considered valid by recent authors (Lee et al. 1980).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-08-18
Change Date1996-09-16
Edition Date2007-06-22
Edition AuthorsHammerson, G.
Threat ImpactLow
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Range Extent Comments
Native range includes Atlantic and Gulf slope drainages from Nova Scotia to southern Texas; Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins west to Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, and western Oklahoma; introduced and established in many areas in western North America (Lee et al. 1980, Page and Burr 1991).
Occurrences Comments
This species is represented by a very large number of occurrences (subpopulations) (e.g., see map in Lee et al. 1980).
Threat Impact Comments
No major threats are known.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species usually occupies clean, quiet, vegetated water with access to extensive shallows. It is generally common to abundant in ponds and lakes, and often inhabits sluggish sections of streams and rivers. It spawns over beds of submerged vegetation (sometimes in nests of largemouth bass) (Becker 1983).

Ecology

Schools in littoral zone during day; schools break up just after sunset as fishes move to limnetic zone (Sublette et al. 1990).

Reproduction

Spawns in late spring and summer. Eggs hatch in about 2-4 days. Sexually mature in 2nd or 3rd summer (Scott and Crossman 1973, Becker 1983).
Palustrine Habitats
FORESTED WETLAND
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
SaskatchewanS3Yes
Prince Edward IslandSNANo
QuebecS5Yes
OntarioS5Yes
Nova ScotiaS4Yes
ManitobaS5Yes
New BrunswickS5Yes
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
CaliforniaSNANo
MichiganS5Yes
OregonSNANo
District of ColumbiaS4Yes
ArizonaSNANo
New JerseyS5Yes
OklahomaSNRYes
DelawareS5Yes
MaineS4Yes
VirginiaS5Yes
WisconsinS5Yes
West VirginiaS4Yes
MassachusettsS5Yes
VermontS5Yes
TexasS4Yes
IowaS4Yes
PennsylvaniaS5Yes
NebraskaS5Yes
MissouriSNRYes
Rhode IslandS5Yes
IndianaS5Yes
UtahSNANo
KentuckyS4Yes
LouisianaS5Yes
MarylandS5Yes
ArkansasS4Yes
South DakotaS5Yes
North CarolinaS5Yes
ColoradoSNANo
KansasS5Yes
TennesseeS5Yes
WashingtonSNANo
FloridaSNRYes
MontanaSNANo
ConnecticutS5Yes
WyomingSNANo
IllinoisS5Yes
MinnesotaSNRYes
New MexicoSNANo
AlabamaS5Yes
OhioS5Yes
New YorkS5Yes
South CarolinaS5Yes
New HampshireS5Yes
North DakotaSNRYes
GeorgiaS5Yes
NevadaSNANo
Navajo NationSNANo
MississippiS5Yes
Roadless Areas (19)
Arkansas (1)
AreaForestAcres
East ForkOzark-St. Francis National Forest13,037
California (9)
AreaForestAcres
AgnewSequoia National Forest9,561
Black ButteMendocino National Forest15,461
GrindstoneMendocino National Forest26,031
Kings RiverSierra National Forest52,999
Mt. HoffmanModoc National Forest9,780
Mt. RebaStanislaus National Forest3,869
North MountainStanislaus National Forest7,856
Raymond PeakStanislaus National Forest3,646
West YubaPlumas National Forest6,071
Florida (1)
AreaForestAcres
Alexander Springs CreekOcala National Forest2,954
Minnesota (1)
AreaForestAcres
Brule Lake - Eagle MountainSuperior National Forest12,380
Montana (1)
AreaForestAcres
Tongue River BreaksCuster National Forest17,481
New Hampshire (1)
AreaForestAcres
Pemigewasset ExtWhite Mountain National Forest15,840
North Carolina (2)
AreaForestAcres
Catfish Lake NorthCroatan National Forest11,299
Middle Prong AdditionPisgah National Forest1,852
Oregon (1)
AreaForestAcres
WoahinkSiuslaw National Forest5,309
Vermont (1)
AreaForestAcres
Woodford 09086Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests2,456
Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Southern MassanuttenGeorge Washington National Forest11,985
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