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Sand Shiner

Notropis stramineus

Classification

The sand shiner (Miniellus stramineus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. Sand shiners live in open clear water streams with sandy bottoms where they feed in schools on aquatic and terrestrial insects, bottom ooze and diatoms. Distribution The sand shiner is extremely widespread, known from central part of the United States and southern Canada.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 287Canada · 20