Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Richardsonius > Richardsonius balteatus

Richardsonius balteatus (Silver-sided minnow; Silver shiner; Shiner; Richardson's minnow; Red-sided bream; Redside shiner; Columbia River minnow)

Synonyms:
Language: French; Mandarin Chinese; Salish

Wikipedia Abstract

Richardsonius balteatus, the redside shiner, is a species of cyprinid fish found in the western United States and Canada.
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  7 inches (18 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Phyto-lithophils
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [1]  3,602
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Diet [2]  Carnivore, Planktivore
Female Maturity [1]  2 years 6 months

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Alaska & Canada Pacific Coastal Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Coastal Rivers    
Colorado Mexico, United States Nearctic Xeric Freshwaters and Endorheic Basins    
Upper Missouri Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Upland Rivers    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Olympic Biosphere Reserve II 922805 Washington, United States
Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve II 2196863 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States

Prey / Diet

Notropis boucardi (Balsas shiner)[3]
Richardsonius balteatus (Silver-sided minnow)[3]

Predators

Ptychocheilus oregonensis (Seatrout)[3]
Richardsonius balteatus (Silver-sided minnow)[3]
Sander vitreus (Walleye)[3]

Consumers

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