Distribution of Fishes in the Red River of the North Basin on Multivariate Environmental Gradients
Cyprinidae
Common Shiner
Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill), the common shiner, was reported by Scudder from the Sandhill and Middle rivers in 1860 (UMMZ 1994). Woolman (1896) listed Notropis megalops as the most widely distributed species of the Cyprinidae, collecting it from the Red River and several tributaries in the eastern and western reaches of the basin (Figure A22). Hankinson (1928) found it to be abundant and generally distributed in North Dakota, and Brinley reported it from the Buffalo River in 1933 (UMMZ 1994). Since 1962, the common shiner has been collected at nearly 50% of stream sites sampled (Table 4) and has been taken in nearly every major tributary in the Red River basin. It has often been abundant where it has occurred, with site collections containing several hundred individuals not uncommon.
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