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

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

- Scientific name: *Richardsonius balteatus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 1646
- Wikidata: [Q2709709](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2709709)
- iNaturalist taxon: [111806](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/111806)

## Names

- en: Redside Shiner
- de: Rotflankenelritze

## Countries with the most observations

US (1126), CA (297)

## Summary

The redside shiner (Richardsonius balteatus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This fish is found in the Western United States and British Columbia. This species was first described by Sir John Richardson, a Scottish naturalist and naval surgeon. The type locality is from the Columbia River, and it is believed to have been sampled near Fort Vancouver. This species has a large native range, spanning from southern Utah to northern British Columbia. There are currently two subspecies (R. b. balteatus and R. b. hydrophlox), but phylogeographic…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: konadawg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5309478

## Machine access

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