Range and Identity
Luxilus chrysocephalus has a broad compiled range in Great Lakes, Mississippi and selected Gulf drainages. Historical regional treatments should remain attached to their records. An introduced occurrence in the Escambia system should not be described as proof of native distribution there.
Habitat and Behavior
Adults use rocky pools in clear to fairly turbid creeks and small to medium rivers, often near riffles. The account therefore includes some variation in water clarity. A muddy appearance at one moment is not enough by itself to determine a shiner's identity.
Food and Life History
The reported upper length is twenty-four centimeters total length, much larger than the 8.3-centimeter common reference. Foods include terrestrial insects, algae and aquatic invertebrates, frequently mayfly nymphs. The fish lays eggs and is described as a nest spawner.
Field Note
Use complete body photographs and locality when comparing similar shiners. Typical sizes should not be replaced by the exceptional upper length when describing what most observers are likely to encounter.
All Lakes With Striped Shiner
Browse all lakes and reservoirs with confirmed Striped Shiner records in our database, listed alphabetically.
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- Bass Lake Livingston, MI
- Bird Lake Hillsdale, MI
- Caddo Lake Caddo, LA
- Coldwater Lake Branch, MI
- Crispell Lake Jackson, MI
- Green Lake Allegan, MI
- Hastings Lake Hillsdale, MI
- Lime Lake Jackson, MI
- Long Lake Cass, MI
- Lower Scott Lake Allegan, MI
- Maceday Lake Oakland, MI
- Marble Lake Branch, MI
- Maston Lake Kent, MI
- Mud Lake Jackson, MI
- Orchard Lake Oakland, MI
- Ore Lake Livingston, MI
- Paw Paw Lake Kalamazoo, MI
- Pigeon Lake Ottawa, MI
- Portage Lake Jackson, MI
- Posey Lake Lenawee, MI
- Sandy Bottom Lake Livingston, MI
- South Lake Lenawee, MI
- Sweezey lake Jackson, MI
- Three Lakes Kalamazoo, MI