#2297 · 🐟 fish
Common Shiner
Luxilus cornutus
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what is it?
The common shiner ( Luxilus cornutus ) is a freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family, found in North America. It ranges in length between 4 and 6 inches, although they can reach lengths of up to 8 inches.
base stats
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.
- 5,503 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Samuel L. Mitchill in 1817 (209 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Shiner
- scientific name
- Luxilus cornutus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Cypriniformes
- family
- Leuciscidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,503
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1817 by Samuel L. Mitchill
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 58618, Wikidata Q3763094, GBIF 2366967, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.