Shiner is a common name used in North America for any of several kinds of small, usually silvery fish, in particular a number of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...

s, but also e.g. the shiner perch (''Cymatogaster aggregata''). Cyprinid shiners are: * Eastern shiners, genus '' Notropis'' * Finescale shiners, genus '' Lythrurus'' * Flagfin shiners, genus '' Pteronotropis'' * Golden shiner, '' Notemigonus crysoleucas'' (a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus) * Highscale shiners, genus '' Luxilus'' * Redside shiners, genus '' Richardsonius'' * Satinfin shiners, genus '' Cyprinella'' Image:Notropis maculatus.jpg, '' Notropis maculatus'', an eastern shiner Image:Pteronotropis signipinnis.jpg, Flagfin shiner ('' Pteronotropis signipinnis'') Image:Notemigonus crysoleucas.jpg,

Golden shiner The golden shiner (''Notemigonus crysoleucas'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae. This fish occurs in Eastern North America. It is the sole member of its genus. Commonly used as a bait fish, it is pr ...

(''Notemigonus crysoleucas'') Image:Cymatogaster aggregata.jpg, Shiner perch (''Cymatogaster aggregata'')

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