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Common names: Sand shiner
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Red Sea system of Hudson Bay drainage, Great Lakes drainage, and much of Mississippi River basin (Ref. 10294). Recorded from Cottonwood River, 8 miles northwest of Durham, Marion County, Kansas (Ref. 27116). Type locality: Detroit River, Grosse Isle, Michigan (Ref. 79012).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Common names from other countries

Méné paille, Carpita arenera, 堪萨斯美洲鱥, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Notropis: A misnomer given by Rafinesque to shriveled specimens, with the meaning of "back keel"; from Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335); stramineus: stramineus, of straw (referring to the pale amber body color) (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Cope.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate; 52°N - 29°N

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North America: St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from St. Lawrence River in Quebec to Saskatchewan in Canada, and south to Tennessee and Texas, USA; west to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, USA; Trinity River to Rio Grande in Texas and New Mexico, USA and Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10294); common length : 4.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193); max. reported age: 3.00 years (Ref. 12193)

Inhabits sand and gravel runs and pools of creeks and small to large rivers (Ref. 3814, 10294). Also occurs in sandy margins of lakes. Usually found in clear creeks and small rivers and rarely in upland areas (Ref. 3814). Feeds on detritus, and small benthic and drifting invertebrates dominated by midge larvae and small mayfly nymphs (Ref. 10294).

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The reproductive strategy is broadcast spawning (Ref. 35784).

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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 November 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00776 (0.00407 - 0.01480), b=3.03 (2.86 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.4 ±0.20 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=3).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)