Cyprinidae

Arkansas River shiner

Notropis girardi

Eight Centimeters Carp of Mexican Waters

• Freshwater fish
• Small

The Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is native to part of the central United States. Historically this shiner was widespread and abundant throughout the western portions of the Arkansas River basin in Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.