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Highland Shiner

Notropis micropteryx

Leuciscidae · freshwater water fish

1 minute read · Species guide

Highland Shiner field guide illustration

About Highland Shiner

The highland shiner (Notropis micropteryx) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States where it is found in tributaries of the Green, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers in southern Kentucky, northern Alabama, Virginia, and western North Carolina.

NativeFresh8 states

Range

Where it lives

Share of 782 GBIF observation records with a state location, across 8 states. The orange dots are USGS stream-survey sites where this species was caught.
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Share of 782 GBIF observation records with a state location, across 8 states. The orange dots are USGS stream-survey sites where this species was caught.

A blank area on the dot layer usually means nobody sampled there, not that the fish is absent. Turn on “every survey site” to see where the survey looked.

Share of records by state

The USGS stream survey caught it at 63 of its sites, in 5 states. That survey and the GBIF records are two different counts of two different things, so the site keeps them apart.

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 micropteryx
ITIS TSN
201916
WoRMS AphiaID
1421323
GBIF key
2362137

Common questions about Highland Shiner

What is the scientific name of Highland Shiner?
The scientific name is Notropis micropteryx, in the family Leuciscidae. Classification follows ITIS.
Does Highland Shiner live in fresh water or salt water?
WoRMS records this species in fresh water.
Where has Highland Shiner been recorded in the United States?
GBIF has observations in 8 states, with the most records in Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina. The map shows observation records, which do not establish the complete natural range.

Closest relatives

Other Notropis species

Arkansas River Shiner5 states
Notropis girardiLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bedrock Shiner3 states
Notropis rupestrisLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Bigeye Shiner17 states
Notropis boopsLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bigmouth Shiner21 states
Notropis dorsalisLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Blackchin Shiner13 states
Notropis heterodonLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Blackmouth Shiner3 states
Notropis melanostomusLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Blacknose Shiner21 states
Notropis heterolepisLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Blackspot Shiner5 states
Notropis atrocaudalisLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Bluntnose Shiner3 states
Notropis simusLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Bridle Shiner22 states
Notropis bifrenatusLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Burrhead Shiner3 states
Notropis asperifronsLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Cahaba Shiner1 states
Notropis cahabaeLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Cape Fear Shiner1 states
Notropis mekistocholasLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Carmine Shiner16 states
Notropis percobromusLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Channel Shiner15 states
Notropis wickliffiLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Chihuahua Shiner1 states
Notropis chihuahuaLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Chub Shiner4 states
Notropis potteriLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Coastal Shiner8 states
Notropis petersoniLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Comely Shiner11 states
Notropis amoenusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Coosa Shiner9 states
Notropis xaenocephalusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Dusky Shiner6 states
Notropis cummingsaeLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Emerald Shiner35 states
Notropis atherinoidesLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Fluvial Shiner3 states
Notropis edwardraneyiLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Ghost Shiner16 states
Notropis buchananiLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh

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Arroyo Chub1 states
Gila orcuttiiLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bandfin Shiner5 states
Luxilus zonistiusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bannerfin Shiner5 states
Cyprinella leedsiLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Beautiful Shiner3 states
Cyprinella formosaLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Bedrock Shiner3 states
Notropis rupestrisLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Bigeye Chub25 states
Hybopsis amblopsLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bigeye Shiner17 states
Notropis boopsLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bigmouth Chub3 states
Nocomis platyrhynchusLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Bigmouth Shiner21 states
Notropis dorsalisLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Blackchin Shiner13 states
Notropis heterodonLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Blackmouth Shiner3 states
Notropis melanostomusLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Blacknose Shiner21 states
Notropis heterolepisLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Blackside Dace2 states
Chrosomus cumberlandensisLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Blackspot Shiner5 states
Notropis atrocaudalisLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Blacktail Shiner14 states
Cyprinella venustaLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Blacktip Shiner4 states
Lythrurus atrapiculusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
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