Title: fresh water fish
Species #: 74
Common Name: common shiner Scientific Name: Luxilus cornutus Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Geography / Habitat: The Common Shiner can be found in rivers and streams, usually in the faster pools. It can also be found in ponds and lakes throughout North America. Life Strategy: Common shiners spawn in spring, usually over the nest of a creek chub, river chub, or fallfish, although some males will make their own small nests. Food / Feed Strategy: The Common Shiner eats terrestrial and aquatic insects, vegetation, and other fishes.
Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal
Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Shiner