Emerald Shiner
Notropis atherinoides
About This Fish

The Emerald Shiner is a wide-ranging species found in Gulf Coast drainages from Texas to Alabama, including the Mobile Basin, the Mississippi River Drainage, including the Tennessee, and Cumberland river drainages, and Great Lakes-St. Lawrence and Arctic River drainages to northern Canada. They are found in pools and runs of medium to large rivers and in lakes. As the common name suggests, Emerald Shiners have a silver stripe along their side that reflects an iridescent blue-green color.

Upper Coosa – 03150105, Middle Coosa – 03150106, Lower Coosa – 03150107, Upper Tallapoosa – 03150108, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Upper Alabama – 03150201, Cahaba – 03150202, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Town – 03160102, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Luxapallila – 03160105, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, 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-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, Lower Cumberland-Sycamore – 05130202, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Red – 05130206, North Fork Holston – 06010101, South Fork Holston – 06010102, Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee – 06010103, Holston – 06010104, Lower French Board – 06010107, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Upper Little Tennessee – 06010202, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Powell – 06010206, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Emory – 06010208, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Hiwassee – 06020002, Ocoee – 06020003, Sequatchie – 06020004, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Upper Elk – 06030003, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Bear – 06030006, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Upper Duck – 06040002, Lower Duck – 06040003, Buffalo – 06040004, Kentucky Lake – 06040005, Lower Tennessee – 06040006