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Weed shiner

Notropis texanus (Girard, 1856)

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the weed 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 weed shiner live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the weed shiner as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Canada

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the weed 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 weed shiner classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusNotropis
  7. SpeciesNotropis texanus (Girard, 1856)

Synonyms Cyprinella texana, Hudsonius aletes, Luxilus roseus, Moniana deliciosa, Notropis deliciosus, Notropis heterodon richardsoni, Notropis nux, Notropis roseus, Notropis roseus roseus

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • méné diamantFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the weed shiner

Other species in the same genus Notropis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the weed shiner an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the weed shiner as introduced in 1 country: Canada, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the weed shiner?

The weed shiner (Notropis texanus) 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). Weed shiner (Notropis texanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/weed-shiner

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BibTeX
@misc{weed_shiner_2026,
  title = {Weed shiner (Notropis texanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/weed-shiner},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}