| Comely shiner | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Notropis |
| Species: | N. amoenus |
| Binomial name | |
| Notropis amoenus (C. C. Abbott, 1874) | |
| Synonyms | |
Alburnellus amoenusAbbott, 1874 | |
TheComely shiner (Notropis amoenus) is a small species of North Americanray-finned fish belonging to the familyCyprinidae. It was described byCharles Conrad Abbott in 1874.
The comely shiner is a thin, silvery minnow. It can be identified by its dorsal and ventral fins of equal curvature, slender and compressed body, and posterior-sided stripe. The scales are crowded from its anterior fin to the pelvic fin. It is pale in color, but a darker olive green on its top. They can grow up to 8.8 cm in length.
The comely shiner lives from the southernHudson River to theCape Fear River system inNorth Carolina. They breed in the spring and summer seasons. The comely shiner prefers streams and other bodies of water 2 or more feet deep. It tends to live in pools and backwaters of swift streams.
