Weed Shiner
Notropis texanus · Cyprinidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- June and July
- Largest length
- up to 8.6 cm (3 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 3.5 years
- Matures at
- about 1 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.
64 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
- Lake OnalaskaLacrosse County7,688 acres · 40 ft deeprecorded 2006 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Gremore LakeCrawford County332 acres · 15 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Lake Saint CroixPierce County4,668 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 1926 to 1928 (5 records)recorded
- Marinuka LakeTrempealeau County98 acres · 9 ft deeprecorded 1927 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Dates MillpondMarquette County96 acres · 6 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)recorded
- Grand Lake (Millpond)Green Lake County234 acres · 8 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Mason LakeAdams County855 acres · 9 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Park LakeColumbia County312 acres · 27 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Spring LakeColumbia County24 acres · 32 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded