Mimic Shiner (Paranotropis volucellus)
Image source: Austin Kaplan | inaturalist.org
General data
- Main name: Mimic Shiner
- Climates: Temperate
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: North America
- Distribution: Hudson River, James river (Virginia), Neuse River, St. Lawrence River, Mobile River, Chesapeake Bay, View all... Potomac River, Mississippi River
Classification
- Genus: Paranotropis - Paranotropis
- Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
- Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
North America: St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from Quebec in Canada and Vermont in the USA to Manitoba in Canada, and south to Gulf; from James River in Virginia to Neuse River in North Carolina, USA; from Mobile Bay in Georgia and Alabama to Nueces River in Texas, USA.