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Common Name: mirror shiner
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Page and Burr (1991); Etnier and Starnes (1993); Jenkins and Burkhead (1994). Maximum size: 7.5 cm.
Native Range: Upper Tennessee River drainage, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia (Page and Burr 1991).
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Nonindigenous Occurrences: This species is known from (and may have been introduced into) several Atlantic Slope drainages, including the Broad, Catawba, and Savannah river drainages in North Carolina (Swift et al. 1986; Menhinick 1991).
Means of Introduction: Unknown, possible bait bucket release (but see Remarks section).
Status: Established in North and South Carolina.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: The designation of this species as introduced into the above named Atlantic Slope drainages is considered highly tenuous. In his summary table on North Carolina fishes, Menhinick (1991) listed this species as "native but possibly introduced" to the Savannah, Broad, and Catawba river drainages. Swift et al. (1986) regarded it as native (possibly introduced) to the Savannah drainage. Other authors did not specifically discuss introduction as an alternative explanation to stream capture. For instance, Tsai and Raney (1974) stated that N. spectrunculus may have entered the Savannah River drainage stream capture. Similarly, Lee et al. (1980 et seq.) noted that it occurred in the upper Savannah and Catawba-Santee river drainages of North Carolina, and presumed that it reached these waters through stream capture. Hocutt et al. (1986) regarded it as native to the Santee River drainage. Starnes and Etnier (1986) stated that N. spectrunculus is an upland shiner, a virtual Tennessee endemic, that has recently gained access via stream capture to various drainages from the Savannah River northward.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 9/28/1999 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Notropis spectrunculus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=611> Revision Date: 9/28/1999
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