12. Anal rays 9 to 12, rarely 8 



Common Shiner 

 Notropis cornutus (Mitchill) 

 Anal rays 7 or 8, rarely 9 13 



13. Anal rays typically 8; fins smaller; length of depressed dorsal about 



1.5 in distance from occiput to dorsal; dorsal usually inserted 

 nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, and distinctly behind 

 the ventral insertion; predorsal scales rather irregularly arranged 

 and from 1 3 to 22 in number 



Blacknose Shiner 



Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann 



and Eigenmann 



Anal rays typically 7; fins larger; length of depressed dorsal about 

 1.2 in distance from occiput to dorsal; dorsal usually inserted 

 nearer tip of snout than base of caudal, and distinctly over or 

 before ventral insertion; predorsal scales rather regularly ar- 

 ranged and usually 1 2 or 1 3 in number 



Bridled Shiner 



Notropis bifrenatiis (Cope) 



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