Fish and Marine Life Illustrations: Spot-Tail Shiner, Watercolor Illustration:
Spottail Shiner (Notropis hudsonius), watercolor
About the illustration:
Commissioned by: Wisconsin Sea Grant, University of WisconsinMadison
See image at client's web site: Spottail ShinerAbout spottail shiners:
Spottail shiners are minnows (Family Cyprinidae) found in North American steams, rivers, and estuaries. They eat larvae of insects, clams, small crustaceans, fish eggs, plants, and smaller shiners. They live up to five years. Spottail shiners spawn in the spring.Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (having a spinal cord)
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata (vertebrates with jaws)
Superclass: Osteichthyes (bony fish, including ray-finned and lobe finned fish)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Notropis
Species: N. hudsoniusMore about spottail shiners:
Wikipedia: Notropis
Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service: Spottail Shiner
Assabet River Stream Watch: Spottail Shiner
Natural Resources Management: Spottail Shiner
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