Mimic Shiner

Notropis volucellus

About This Fish

The Mimic Shiner is a widespread and common species found across eastern North America, including the Mobile Basin, Tennessee, and Cumberland river drainages. This is a species complex containing multiple undescribed species. Mimic Shiners inhabits backwaters in rivers, creeks, and lakes. The distinguishing character for Mimic Shiners (and other species in the Mimic Shiner species group) are lateral-line scales on the front half of the body that are twice as tall as they are wide.

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Notropis

Alabama (AL), Mississippi (MS), Tennessee (TN), Georgia (GA), North Carolina (NC), Kentucky (KY), Virginia (VA)

Upper Coosa – 03150105, Middle Coosa – 03150106, Lower Coosa – 03150107, Middle Tallapoosa – 03150109, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Upper Alabama – 03150201, Cahaba – 03150202, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Tibbee – 03160104, Luxapallila – 03160105, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, Sipsey – 03160107, Noxubee – 03160108, Mulberry – 03160109, Sipsey Fork – 03160110, Locust – 03160111, Upper Black Warrior – 03160112, Lower Black Warrior – 03160113, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw – 03160201, Sucarnoochee – 03160202, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Mobile Tensaw – 03160204, Upper Cumberland – 05130101, Rockcastle – 05130102, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland – 05130103, South Fork Cumberland – 05130104, Obey – 05130105, Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservior – 05130106, Collins – 05130107, Caney – 05130108, Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake – 05130201, Stones – 05130203, Harpeth – 05130204, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Red – 05130206, North Fork Holston – 06010101, South Fork Holston – 06010102, Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee – 06010103, Holston – 06010104, Upper French Board – 06010105, Pigeon – 06010106, Lower French Board – 06010107, Nolichucky – 06010108, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Tuckasegee – 06010203, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Powell – 06010206, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Emory – 06010208, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Sequatchie – 06020004, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Upper Elk – 06030003, Buffalo – 06040004, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Bear – 06030006, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Upper Duck – 06040002, Lower Duck – 06040003, Kentucky Lake – 06040005, Lower Tennessee – 06040006

Mimic Shiner

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