Records and Status of the Bullhead Minnow (Pimephales vigilax) and Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides) in Streams in Central Kansas

2000 ◽  
Vol 103 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Eberle ◽  
Eric G. Hargett ◽  
Thomas L. Wenke
Keyword(s):  
Notropis Atherinoides ◽  
Emerald Shiner

scholarly journals Length-weight relationships of the Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides - Rafinesque, 1818) in the Western Basin of Lake Erie

2014 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany Atkinson ◽  
SCOTT DESROSIERS ◽  
TESSA TOWNSEND ◽  
THOMAS SIMON
Keyword(s):  
Standard Length ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Western Basin ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Weight Relationship ◽  
Total Length ◽  
Notropis Atherinoides ◽  
Emerald Shiner

Total length and standard length (mm) were compared to weight (mg) in the Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides - Rafinesque, 1818) in the western basin of Lake Erie. Length and weight relationship (n = 400), length-frequency distribution, and sex ratios were evaluated for  coastal and tributary habitats and compared to open water habitats. A strong positive correlation was observed between length and weight for both males and females. For males (n = 195) there was a significant positive relationship between standard length (SL) and weight (F = 935.64, d.f = 195; R2 = 0.989) and between total length (TL) and weight (F = 918.75, d.f. = 195; R2 = 0.991). In females (n = 205), there was also a strong positive correlation between SL and weight (F = 1108.18, d.f. = 204; R2 = 0.976) and between TL and weight (F = 1208.86, d.f. = 204; R2 = 0.983). This same positive relationship between SL and weight (F = 1909.58, d.f. = 399; R2 = 0.984,) and between TL and weight (F = 1960.07, d.f. = 399; R2 = 0.988) that was found for  the individual sexes was present in the combined data for the two sexes. Length-weight relationship patterns in Emerald Shiner were significantly influenced by sex (ANCOVA, F= 313.03, p < 0.01) and habitat (ANCOVA, F = 6.693, p = 0.013).  Three separate age classes were distinguished in the data. Age 0 males ranged from 15-33 mm TL, while age 0 females ranged from 18-30 mm TL. Age I males ranged from 39-78 mm TL and Age I females ranged from 42-78 mm TL. Age II+ males ranged from 78-111 mm TL and Age II+ females ranged from 81-108 mm TL. Emerald Shiner exhibit indeterminate growth and sex influenced growth patterns based on the von Bertalanffy growth model.

Distribution, density, and growth of young-of-the-year fishes in Mitchell Bay, Lake St. Clair

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 1153-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Leslie ◽  
C. A. Timmins
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Density ◽  
Submerged Macrophytes ◽  
Larval Fish ◽  
Lepomis Gibbosus ◽  
Alosa Pseudoharengus ◽  
Dorosoma Cepedianum ◽  
Beach Seine ◽  
Peak Density ◽  
Young Of The Year ◽  
Emerald Shiner

Thirty-eight taxa of young-of-the-year fishes were collected with a beach seine and plankton nets in Mitchell Bay, a shallow, densely vegetated embayment on Lake St. Clair, from April to October, 1983, 1984, and 1990. The ecosystem of the bay and adjacent land has been altered by agricultural, industrial, and recreational development for more than a century. Although taxa were numerous, most species were rare or uncommon in collections. The assemblage of larval fish consisted primarily of brook silverside (Labidesthes sicculus), pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius), emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides), alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), and gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum). Many species were distributed in or near submerged macrophytes at the shore. The species most abundant were pumpkinseed, which reached peak density (11 931 young of the year/100 m3) in late June 1990, and brook silverside (1363 young of the year/100 m3) in late June 1984.

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