Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Notropis > Notropis volucellusNotropis volucellus (Mimic shiner)Synonyms: Hybognathus volucellus; Notropis nocomis Language: Czech; French; Mandarin Chinese The mimic shiner (Notropis volucellus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. The genus Notropis is commonly known as the Eastern Shiners. It is native to areas of Hudson Bay drainage, Great Lakes drainage, much of Mississippi River basin including areas of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and regions of the Gulf of Mexico extending from Mobile Bay to the drainage of Texas. However, this fish can be found in other places such as the Atlantic Coast drainage in Connecticut and Housatonic rivers. This genus is usually characterized by almost all having a complete lateral line, 8 dorsal fin rays, a premaxillae protactile, and a silvery or speckled peritoneum. As the common name indicates, this species is difficult to classify in the wild because it looks similar to many oth |
Adult Length [1] | 3.15 inches (8 cm) | Brood Dispersal [1] | In the open | Brood Egg Substrate [1] | Phyto-lithophils | Brood Guarder [1] | No | Litter Size [1] | 1,000 | Maximum Longevity [1] | 2 years | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [2] | Omnivore, Planktivore, Detritivore | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Female Maturity [1] | 1 year |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area National Recreation Area |
V |
120283 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
616880 |
Texas, United States |
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Bruce Peninsula National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve |
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9859505 |
New York, Vermont, United States |
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Fathom Five National Marine Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Gauley River National Recreation Area |
V |
10157 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve |
Ib |
571799 |
Michigan, United States |
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Little River National Wildlife Refuge |
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Oklahoma, United States |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
55591 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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North Temperate Lakes LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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Wisconsin, United States |
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Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
5268 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Pukaskwa National Park |
II |
459860 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Saint Croix International Historic Site |
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Maine, United States |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Voyageurs National Park |
II |
177960 |
Minnesota, United States |
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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 |
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
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