Family - Cypriniformes

Scientific Name - Notropis chrosomus

Common Name - Rainbow Shiner

Distribution/Location - Mobile Bay Drainage, Alabama, Georgia, & Tennesee, U.S.

Water Parameters - pH 6.8-8

Temperature - 60-78 F

Size - Males: 2.25" Females: 2.75"

Breeding - Egg scaterer, laying eggs on river rock

Personal Remarks - Easy to keep but are easily frightened. Accepts all foods.

Additional Remarks -Does not need a cooling phase like other Native species.