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SRAC# 120

Baitfish

D. Leroy Gray


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Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) The bright, flashing appearance the golden shiner has made it of popular with the fisherman. Its body is deep and compressed laterally and covered with large gold or silver-colored scales which are rather loosely attached. The loosely attached scales create a problem when harvesting, grading, and loading because when scales are lost the salability is drastically reduced. The lateral line is curved downward and there is a fleshy, scaleless keel just anterior to the anal opening. Female golden shiners grow faster and larger than males. In the southern United States they become sexually mature at 1 year of age at a length of approximately 2.5 inches, Some have been known to live 8 years and attain a length of over 10 inches. Domesticity has been bred into golden shiner broodstock. This factor makes broodfish easier to handle. Wild stock should avoided. 
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