Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893
Blacknose shiner
Notropis heterolepis
photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

Family:  Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Max. size:  9.8 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 1 years
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  North America: Atlantic, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan in Canada, south to Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas in the USA. Common in some parts of range but disappearing from southern part.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Occurs usually over sand in clear vegetated lakes and pools of creeks and small rivers.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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