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Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)

Common shiner
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Common names: Common shiner, Méné à nageoires rouges
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: bait: yes;
Comments: Ranges from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia (Ref. 52559). Known from Atlantic, Great Lakes and Hudson Bay basins from Nova Scotia to southeastern Saskatchewan (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 5723.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Méné à nageoires rouges, Helmeslaup-helkteibik, 角闪光美洲鱥, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Luxilus: Latin, luxilus, derived from Lux = light, refered to a small silvery fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Mitchill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal.   Temperate; 0°C - 31°C (Ref. 35682); 53°N - 38°N

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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