Rosyface Shiner
Notropis rubellus · Cyprinidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- March, April and May
- Largest length
- up to 9 cm (4 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 3 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.
70 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 7 of 7 lakes
- Lost LakeVilas County544 acres · 20 ft deeprecorded 2005 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Duck LakeBarron County100 acres · 26 ft deeprecorded 2004 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Minocqua LakeOneida County1,360 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 2003 (2 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- Crystal LakeVilas County88 acres · 67 ft deeprecorded 1996 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Allequash LakeVilas County426 acres · 24 ft deeprecorded 1933 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Big Eau Pleine ReservoirMarathon County6,830 acres · 46 ft deeprecorded 1927 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Big Saint Germain LakeVilas County1,617 acres · 42 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded