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

Catostomidae

Sand Shiner

Notropis stramineus (Cope), the sand shiner, was listed as N. deliciosus by Woolman (1896), who described it as common to abundant in the Pembina, Forest, Sheyenne, Otter Tail, and Red Lake Rivers (Figure A35). Hankinson (1928) described N. d. missouriensis as abundant and generally distributed and collected it from the Red, Pembina, and Sheyenne Rivers. Hubbs and Schultz collected the sand shiner from the Sheyenne River in 1926 (UMMZ 1994); and Olson (1932) found it in the Sandhill and Red Lake Rivers, listing it as Hybopsis deliciosus. Eddy et al. (1972) described the species as rare in the Red River basin, but recent collections indicate otherwise. The sand shiner has been common in the Red, Pembina, Sheyenne, Otter Tail, Buffalo, and Red Lake Rivers and has been found at nearly 20% of stream sites since 1962 (Table 4). Often the species has been abundant in samples, with site collections of 40-50 individuals not uncommon.

Figure A35. Distribution of the sand shiner in streams of the Red River of the North basin.

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