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Distribution of Fishes in the Red River of the North Basin on Multivariate Environmental Gradients

Cyprinidae

Rosyface Shiner

Notropis rubellus (Agassiz), the rosyface shiner, was listed as N. dilectus by Woolman (1896), who described it as common to abundant in the Red, Sheyenne, Otter Tail, Buffalo, and Red Lake Rivers (Figure A34). Olson (1932) collected two specimens from the Red Lake River below Crookston, listing them as N. rubrifrons. The rosyface shiner has been collected from the Sheyenne, Buffalo, Sandhill, Clearwater, and Red Lake Rivers and the Wild Rice River in Minnesota. The species is rare in the basin, having been collected at only 2% of the stream sites sampled since 1962 (Table 4). Typical site collections have contained 8-10 individuals; but as many as 45 specimens were taken from the Lost River (Clearwater River) at Oklee, and 157 specimens were collected from the Clearwater River at Terrebone in 1976.

Figure A34. Distribution of the rosyface shiner in streams of the the Red River of the North basin.

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