Luxilus cornutus
Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)
Common shiner
photo by Seelig, C.


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Family:  Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Max. size:  18 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 6 years
Environment:  demersal; freshwater, potamodromous
Distribution:  North America: Atlantic, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and Mississippi River basins from Nova Scotia to southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada and south to James River drainage in Virginia, northern Ohio, central Missouri and Colorado, USA.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Adults inhabit rocky pools near riffles in clear, cool creeks and small to medium rivers. Sometimes occurs in lakes in northern part of range (Ref. 86798). Oviparous (Ref. 205), nest spawners (Ref. 52559). They frequently hybridize with Luxilus chrysocephalus in areas where the ranges of these two species overlap (Ref. 86798).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 03 March 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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