Bigmouth Shiner
Notropis dorsalis · Cyprinidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- May, June, July and August
- Largest length
- up to 8 cm (3 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 3.5 years
- Matures at
- about 1.5 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
105 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 5 of 5 lakes
- Lac La BelleWaukesha County1,164 acres · 45 ft deeprecorded 1974 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Gremore LakeCrawford County332 acres · 15 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Little Wood LakeBurnett County207 acres · 23 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Big Eau Pleine ReservoirMarathon County6,830 acres · 46 ft deeprecorded 1927 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Douglas PondJackson County16 acres · 7 ft deeprecorded 1927 (1 record)Lowrecorded