Summary ²

The Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides) is one of hundreds of small, silvery, slender fish species known as shiners. The identifying characteristic of the emerald shiner is the silvery emerald color on its sides. It can grow to 3.5 inches in length and is found across North America from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, commonly in large, deep lakes and rivers, though sometimes in smaller bodies of water as well. It feeds on small organisms such as...

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1. (c) WorldFish Center - FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://d1iraxgbwuhpbw.cloudfront.net/images/species/noath_u1.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notropis_atherinoides

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