River Shiner
Notropis blennius · Cyprinidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- June, July and August
- Largest length
- up to 13 cm (5 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 3.5 years
- Matures at
- about 2 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.
61 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 9 of 9 lakes
- Rice LakeGrant County56 acres · 5 ft deeprecorded 2023 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Lake OnalaskaLacrosse County7,688 acres · 40 ft deeprecorded 2006 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Devils LakeSauk County369 acres · 47 ft deeprecorded 2001 (2 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- Lake WinnebagoFond du Lac County137,708 acres · 21 ft deeprecorded 1992 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Lake PepinPepin County25,494 acresrecorded 1966 (2 records)recorded
- McCartney LakeGrant County924 acres · 10 ft deeprecorded 1963 (1 record)recorded
- Anderson LakeDouglas County6.0 acres · 23 ft deeprecorded 1951 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Douglas PondJackson County16 acres · 7 ft deeprecorded 1927 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Lake Saint CroixPierce County4,668 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)recorded