Sand Shiner
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Scientific name | Notropis stramineus |
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Conservation status | Least Concern (Population stable) |
Phylum | Chordata |
Higher classification | Notropis |
Order | Cypriniformes |
Rank | Species |
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ID | 2090386 |
About Sand Shiner
The sand shiner is a widespread North American species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. Sand shiners live in open clear water streams with sandy bottoms where they feed in schools on aquatic and terrestrial insects, bottom ooze and diatoms.