#2330 · 🐟 fish

Striped Shiner

Luxilus chrysocephalus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The striped shiner ( Luxilus chrysocephalus ) is a member of the family Cyprinidae. It a silvery fish with three to four dorsolateral stripes and dark crescents on the sides. The scales and sensory pores on the snout can be outlined in black. Fins are milky to clear in color while the caudal fins have a milky base with a black or gray spot. Males can have pink snouts with areas of red or pink on the rest...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,534iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,534 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1820 (206 years ago).