Shiner

The name shiner is a common name in North America used for small minnow-like fish or a minnow that is usually haves silver at the sides, and is used for the common name of Cymatogaster aggregata, or the common perch. Cyprinid shiners are minnows or either true minnows (e.g. golden shiner = minnow; silver shiner = true minnow).

Cyprinid shiners are:
 * Eastern shiners, genus Notropis (true minnow)
 * Emerald shiner, species Notropis atherinoides
 * Silver shiner, species Notropis photogenis
 * Finescale shiners, genus Lythrurus
 * Flagfin shiners, genus Pteronotropis
 * Golden shiner, monotypic genus Notemigonus
 * Highscale shiners, genus Luxilus
 * Redside shiners, genus Richardsonius
 * Satinfin shiners, genus Cyprinella