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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataTeleosteiCypriniformesLeuciscidaeNotemigonus

Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Teleostei
Order Cypriniformes
Family Leuciscidae
Genus Notemigonus
Species Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Alabama.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama

Counties

Alabama
Morgan

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2013.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

Canada
N5 Secure
United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Manitoba
S5 Secure
Prince Edward Island
SNA Not Applicable
Quebec
S5 Secure
Nova Scotia
S4 Apparently Secure
Ontario
S5 Secure
New Brunswick
S5 Secure
Saskatchewan
S3 Vulnerable
South Carolina
S5 Secure
Maine
S4 Apparently Secure
Massachusetts
S5 Secure
Arizona
SNA Not Applicable
Tennessee
S5 Secure
New Hampshire
S5 Secure
New York
S5 Secure
Florida
SNR Unranked
Oregon
SNA Not Applicable
Virginia
S5 Secure
South Dakota
S5 Secure
Alabama
S5 Secure
Colorado
SNA Not Applicable
California
SNA Not Applicable
Pennsylvania
S5 Secure
Iowa
S4 Apparently Secure
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
New Mexico
SNA Not Applicable
Wisconsin
S5 Secure
Mississippi
S5 Secure
Indiana
S5 Secure
Ohio
S5 Secure
West Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure
Maryland
S5 Secure
Connecticut
S5 Secure
North Dakota
SNR Unranked
Montana
SNA Not Applicable
Delaware
S5 Secure
Vermont
S5 Secure
Rhode Island
S5 Secure
Georgia
S5 Secure
Navajo Nation
SNA Not Applicable
District of Columbia
S4 Apparently Secure
Nevada
SNA Not Applicable
Minnesota
SNR Unranked
Utah
SNA Not Applicable
Kansas
S5 Secure
Arkansas
S4 Apparently Secure
Louisiana
S5 Secure
Texas
S4 Apparently Secure
Missouri
SNR Unranked
North Carolina
S5 Secure
Wyoming
SNA Not Applicable
Nebraska
S5 Secure
Washington
SNA Not Applicable
Illinois
S5 Secure
New Jersey
S5 Secure
Michigan
S5 Secure
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025. A noteworthy range extension of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) south of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 24: N47-N58. doi:10.1656/058.024.0403

How to cite this account

Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2716. https://cavebiology.org/species/notemigonus-crysoleucas/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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