It has an elongated body, a black stripe around its snout and base, a slender body, an arched nape and a dorsal fin.
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Bedrock Shiner
Notropis rupestris
Leuciscidae · freshwater water fish
1 minute read · Species guide
About Bedrock Shiner
The bedrock shiner (Notropis rupestris) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States, where it inhabits the lower Caney Fork system and nearby tributaries of the central Cumberland River drainage in Tennessee.
Diet and feeding
The FishTraits compilation records these diet categories for this species: invertebrates or larval fish. These are broad categories, not a claim that every individual consumes every example in a category.
Habitat preferences
Reported habitat associations include streams and small rivers, creeks.
The source records associations with bedrock, vegetation. An association indicates reported use, rather than an exclusive requirement.
Reproduction and parental care
The compilation reports a representative maturity age of 1 years. Its maturity field summarizes mean, median, or modal estimates, usually for females; male estimates can be used when female data are unavailable. It is not a fixed age at which every fish first breeds.
Recorded spawning months are May, Jun, Jul for the source’s reporting region (TN). This is a regional calendar, not a range-wide schedule.
Size and recorded longevity
FishTraits reports a maximum total length of 7 centimetres. Some entries use an estimated asymptotic length; this value should not be treated as a certified record catch.
Range
Where it lives
0%
96.6%of mapped records
Share of records by state
Habitat
Water and movement
- Water
- WoRMS records this species in fresh water.
- Migration
- Undetermined
Classification
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Superclass
- Actinopterygii
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Notropis
- Species
- Notropis rupestris
- ITIS TSN
- 163490
- WoRMS AphiaID
- 1011677
- GBIF key
- 2362329
Common questions about Bedrock Shiner
What is the scientific name of Bedrock Shiner?
The scientific name is Notropis rupestris, in the family Leuciscidae. Classification follows ITIS.
Does Bedrock Shiner live in fresh water or salt water?
WoRMS records this species in fresh water.
Where has Bedrock Shiner been recorded in the United States?
GBIF has observations in 3 states, with the most records in Tennessee, Alabama, Arizona. The map shows observation records, which do not establish the complete natural range.
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