Spotfin Shiner

Cyprinella spiloptera

About This Fish

The Spotfin Shiner is found from North Dakota and Oklahoma eastward to Quebec including the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages. They are found in both pools and runs of creeks to medium rivers in a variety of water clarity. Like other members of its genus, Spotfin Shiners have diamond-shaped scales and spawn in crevices. They can be distinguished from the similar Steelcolor Shiner (C. whipplei) by the position of the lateral stripe and dorsal fin pigmentation.

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

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, Lower Cumberland-Sycamore – 05130202, Stones – 05130203, Harpeth – 05130204, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Red – 05130206, North Fork Holston – 06010101, South Fork Holston – 06010102, Holston – 06010104, Upper French Board – 06010105, Pigeon – 06010106, Lower French Board – 06010107, Nolichucky – 06010108, 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, 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

Spotfin Shiner

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