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Common Name: bigeye shiner
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Trautman (1981); Page and Burr (1991); Etnier and Starnes (1993); Pflieger (1997).
Size: 9 cm.
Native Range: Lake Erie drainage, northwest Ohio; Mississippi River basin from central Ohio to eastern Kansas and south to northern Alabama, northern Louisiana, and southern Oklahoma (Page and Burr 1991).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: This species is known from various tributaries of the lower Missouri River in Missouri including the Gasconade and Loutre rivers systems (Pflieger 1997). It has also been collected in the Chickasaw National Recreational Area, Murray County, Oklahoma (Tilmant 1999).
Means of Introduction: Probable bait bucket introduction into the Gasconade River during the 1950s and subsequent dispersal (Pflieger 1997).
Status: Established in parts of Missouri outside its native range.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: No records exist for this species in tributaries of the Missouri River before the 1950s. During the last 30 years it has become abundant and widespread in the Gasconade River drainage and other tributaries of the lower Missouri (Pflieger 1997).
Tilmant, J.T. 1999. Management of nonindigenous aquatic fish in the U.S. National Park System. National Park Service. 50 pp.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 8/5/2004 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Notropis boops. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=587> Revision Date: 8/5/2004
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