Cyprinidae

Mimic Shiner

Notropis volucellus

Fish Reaching Seven Point Six Centimeters in Mexican Waters

• Freshwater fish
• Small

The mimic shiner (Paranotropis volucellus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is native to areas of the Hudson Bay drainage, Great Lakes drainage, much of the Mississippi River basin including areas of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and regions of the Gulf of Mexico extending from Mobile Bay to the drainage of Texas. However, this particular species can be found in other places such as the Atlantic Coast drainage in Connecticut and Housatonic rivers.