Spotfin shiner
A species of Satinfin shiners Scientific name : Cyprinella spiloptera Genus : Satinfin shiners
Spotfin shiner, A species of Satinfin shiners
Botanical name: Cyprinella spiloptera
Genus: Satinfin shiners
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Description
The spotfin shiner has a black blotch of pigment on the membrane between its last three rays of the dorsal fin; this spot may be obscure or faint in small spotfin shiners. They are deep-bodied and have a black vertical bar posterior to their operculum. Their mouths open in the terminal position, they have diamond-shaped scales, and each scale is outlined with black pigment. Breeding males become heavily pigmented and steel bluish in color during late spring and early summer, and they have ventral fins that also become dull yellow to bright yellow. The head of spotfin shiners are covered with small tubercles, and they feel rough, almost like sandpaper. Spotfin shiners also have 37-39 lateral line scales. Spotfin shiners have eight anal fin rays unlike its close relative, the satinfin.
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Scientific Classification
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Chordates Class
Fish Order
Carp-like fish Family
Cyprinids Genus
Satinfin shiners Species
Spotfin shiner 
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