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Cyprinella spiloptera (Spotfin shiner)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is a small sized fresh water fish found abundantly in many watercourse of North America.
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  4.724 inches (12 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  Hidden
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Speleophils (cavity generalist)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [1]  7,474
Maximum Longevity [1]  5 years
Diet [2]  Omnivore, Detritivore
Female Maturity [1]  2 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Middle Missouri United States Nearctic Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands    

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[3]

Predators

Esox lucius (Jack)[3]
Esox masquinongy (Maskinonge)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthocephalus dirus[4]
Plagioporus cooperi[4]

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.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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