Cyprinidae

Bedrock Shiner

Notropis rupestris

Black stripe around snout base

• Temperate
• Lower river
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• Elongated
• Small
• Temperate fish

The bedrock shiner (Notropis rupestris) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States, where it inhabits the lower Caney Fork system and nearby tributaries of the central Cumberland River drainage in Tennessee. It has an elongated body, a black stripe around its snout and base, a slender body, an arched nape and a dorsal fin.