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title: "Spottail Shiner"
description: "Hudsonius hudsonius — Peces. The spottail shiner or spottail minnow (Hudsonius hudsonius) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/spottail-shiner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Spottail Shiner

> Hudsonius hudsonius — Peces. The spottail shiner or spottail minnow (Hudsonius hudsonius) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.

- Scientific name: *Hudsonius hudsonius*
- Category: `fish` (Peces)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1638
- iNaturalist taxon: [1545613](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1545613)

## Names

- en: Spottail Shiner
- fr: Queue à tache noire

## Countries with the most observations

US (887), CA (341)

## Summary

The spottail shiner or spottail minnow (Hudsonius hudsonius) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It can be found as far north as Canada and as far south as the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. These shiners live in lakes, rivers, and creeks. They occupy the rocky or sandy shorelines and bottoms of the water. One of the defining features of a spottail shiner is the black spot found at the base of the caudal fin. These shiners generally spawn from late June through July.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spottail_shiner

## Photo

![Spottail Shiner](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spottail-shiner/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hallie Carter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318020484

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spottail-shiner?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).