Rosyface Shiner, Notropis rubellus

 

Physical Description: 
�	Slender, elongate shiner
�	Somewhat pointed snout
�	Medium-sized eye
�	Dorsal fin base starts behind the pelvic fin base
�	Anal fin edge straight or very slightly concave
�	Terminal, medium-sized mouth
�	Nuptial males have tubercles on their head and some fins
�	Top of the body gray, silvery sides
�	Nuptial males have red color behind the cheek and along the lower back half of the body

Similar species: 
�	Comely shiner (Notropis amoenus)
�	Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides)
�	Roughhead shiner (Notropis semperasper)

Mean body size:
�	Adults are 50-70 mm standard length 

Habitat:
�	Warm, clear streams and rivers of moderate gradient 
�	Runs and pools over firm and soft substrates
�	Intolerant to turbidity and siltation

Distribution in VA:
�	AtlAtlantic slope drainages south to the James drainage and the New, Big Sandy, and Tennessee drainages 

Food Habits:  

�	Feed on aquatic and terrestrial insects drifting in the water column and benthic organisms

Reproductive Habits: 
�	Mature at age 1 or 2 
�	Spawning occurs late May to mid-June at water temperatures of 20-28.8�C
�	Occurs in shallow runs and riffles on gravel or over chub nests
�	Fecundity is about 450-1,482 eggs per female 
�	Hybridizes naturally with Clinostomus funduloides, Luxilus albeolus, L. chrysocephalus, L. cornutus, Notropis rubricroceus, N. amoenus, and N. volucellus.

Population Status, Economic, or Ecological Importance: 
�	Taxonomy uncertain

References:       

Jenkins, R.E and N.M. Burkhead. 1993. Freshwater Fishes of Virginia. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

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