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title: "Emerald Shiner"
description: "Notropis atherinoides — Ryby. The emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/emerald-shiner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Emerald Shiner

> Notropis atherinoides — Ryby. The emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.

- Scientific name: *Notropis atherinoides*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 1517
- Wikidata: [Q1979063](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1979063)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58620](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58620)

## Names

- en: Emerald Shiner
- fr: Méné émeraude

## Countries with the most observations

US (858), CA (319)

## Summary

The emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The identifying characteristic of the emerald shiner is the silvery emerald color on its sides. It is found across North America from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, commonly in large, deep lakes and rivers, though sometimes in smaller bodies of water as well. It feeds on small organisms such as zooplankton and insects, congregating in large groups near the surface of the water. It is a quite common fish and is often used as a bait fish.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Joshua Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222793534

## Machine access

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