Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Notropis > Notropis heterodon

Notropis heterodon (Blackchin shiner)

Synonyms: Alburnops heterodon
Language: Czech; French; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The blackchin shiner (Notropis heterodon) is a North American species of freshwater cyprinid fish. It is a small fish, about 6 cm long, and its range reaches from southern Quebec and from Vermont to Minnesota and Iowa. It chiefly occurs in the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River drainages.
View Wikipedia Record: Notropis heterodon

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  2.756 inches (7 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Phytophils
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [1]  705
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Diet [2]  Planktivore, Detritivore, Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  1 year

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Bosmina longirostris[3]
Chydorus sphaericus[3]
Sida crystallina[3]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0