Cyprunidae pt2

Lythrurus umbratilis

Redfin Shiner

Dark blotch at dorsal fin origin

Smaller scales one nape

Macrhybopsis hyostoma

Shoal Chub

Long terminal barbel

Small speckles on side

Macrhybopsis storeriana

Silver Chub

Small terminal barbel

Indistinct color pattern

Margariscus nachtriebi

Northern Pearl Dace

Diffuse speckling above lateral band

Blunt snout

Miniellus anogenus

Pugnose Shinner

Black peritoneum

Almost vertical mouth

Miniellus heterodon

Blackchin Shiner

Black pigment on chin

Large oblique mouth

Miniellus stramineus

Sand shiner

Pupil is pointed ellips, subterminal mouth, lateral line decurved

Miniellus Topeka

Topeka shiner

Caudal fin with small wedge-shaped black spot, line along back absent behind dorsal fin

Nocomis biguttatus

Hornyhead Chub

Barbel terminal to prosterior end of lips, tubercles on head

Notemigonus crysoleucas

Golden shiner

Scaleless keel between anal and pelvic fins, crescent shaped anal fin

Notropis atherinoides

Emerald Shiner

Goatee, crescent shaped anal fin

Notropis heterolepis

Blacknose shiner

No black pigment on chin or vent, pointed snoot

Notropis percobromus

Carmine Shiner

Sharply pointed snout, straight anal fin

Opsopoeodus emiliae

Pugnose Minnow

Extremely small mouth and nearly vertical, dorsal rays lined with black pigment

Paranotropis volucellus

Mimic Shiner

Dark triangle by vent,scales on side deeper than wide

Paranotropis volucellus

Suckermouth minnow

Sucker mouth, precaudal spot

Pimephales notatus

Bluntnose Minnow

Small subterminal mouth, rounded snoot

Pimephales promelas

Fathead Minnow

Terminal mouth, bumpy snoot

Pimephales vigilax

Bullhead Minnow

Large eye positioned at top of head, large black spot at front of dorsal fin

Rhinichthys atratulus

Eastern Blacknose Dace
No bulbus nose, upper lip a lot longer than bottom

Rhinichthys catatactae

Longnose Dace
Bulbous Snoot

Semotilus atromaculatus
Creek Chub
Wedge spot on dorsal fin, pre-terminal barble

Lythrurus characteristics

most species have a dark wedge spot at dorsal fin origin, distinctly smaller scales on nape, scales crowded near head, terminal mouth

Macrhybopsis characteristics

long terminal barbel,large eye, 8 anal rays

Margariscus characteristics

disffuse speckling above lateral band, bluntsnout, no dorsal spot, preterminal barbel

Nocomis characteristics

barbel terminal to posterior end of lips, large subterminal mouth, cigar shaped body, large scales

notemigonus characteristics

scaleless keel from pelvic fins to anus. strongly decurved lateral line,mouth small and strongly oblique

notropis characteristics

no barbel, no crowded scales on nape, no diamond shaped scales

Pimephales characteristics

crowded pre-dorsal scales, rounded dorsal fin,concentrated pigment spot in anterior dorsal fin membranes, 7 anal fin rays

Rhinichthys

snout with distinct frenum, barbel terminal to posterior end of lips, subterminal mouth