Striped shiner

Striped shiner
Northern striped shiner (L. c. chrysocephalus) in Michigan
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Luxilus
Species:
L. chrysocephalus
Binomial name
Luxilus chrysocephalus
Synonyms
  • Notropis chrysocephalus (Rafinesque, 1820)
  • Rutilus plargyrus Rafinesque, 1820
  • Leuciscus gibbosus Storer, 1845
  • Plargyrus typicus Girard, 1856
  • Hybopsis lacertosus Cope, 1868
  • Notropis cornutus isolepis C. L. Hubbs & D. E. S. Brown, 1927

The striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is found in eastern North America.