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Rainbow shiner

Notropis chrosomus (Jordan, 1877)

Status not recordedbony fish

The rainbow shiner (Notropis chrosomus) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the rainbow shiner

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the rainbow shiner live?

Not recorded

Is the rainbow shiner endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the rainbow shiner classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusNotropis
  7. SpeciesNotropis chrosomus (Jordan, 1877)

Synonyms Hybopsis chrosomus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rainbow shiner

Other species in the same genus Notropis.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the rainbow shiner?

The rainbow shiner (Notropis chrosomus) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rainbow shiner (Notropis chrosomus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rainbow-shiner

MLA

“Rainbow shiner (Notropis chrosomus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rainbow-shiner.

BibTeX
@misc{rainbow_shiner_2026,
  title = {Rainbow shiner (Notropis chrosomus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rainbow-shiner},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}