Cyprinidae

Ghost Shiner

Notropis buchanani

Six Point Four Centimeters Carp from North American Waters

• Freshwater fish
• Small

The ghost shiner (Paranotropis buchanani) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is found in North America. It is generally characterized as being a small bodied, silvery and fusiform shaped cyprinid.