Species Profile: Whitetail Shiner

Whitetail Shiner (Cyprinella galactura)

One of the things we have learned about this large, beautiful shiner is that it makes mass migrations out of the river and up small tributaries in the fall. And nobody knows why. If nature wants it, we’re for it. One of the goals of barrier removal is to allow whitetail shiners to repopulate our smaller streams in the fall.

Species profile provided by Jason Meador, Mainspring