| Specimen ID | 156916 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Notemigonus |
| Species | crysoleucas |
| Common Name | Golden Shiner |
| State | TX |
| Locality | Rio Grande drainage |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | HUC2 |
| HUC8 Name | Rio Grande |
| HUC8 Number | 13000000 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 2003 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | released bait |
| Status | collected |
| Comments | Golden shiner reproduction in the Rio Grande: I just checked with Gary Garrett who, along with Clark Hubbs and Bob Edwards, does most of the Rio Grande fishes work here. His opinion was the same as my impression of golden shiner in that system. That is, specimens turn up in collections from time to time. Most of these are probably bait bucket releases. There is no confirmation that golden shiner supports reproducing populations in the Rio Grande (but, no evidence it does not). Most likely, golden shiner releases do survive in small numbers and reproduce at limited levels, but this is only an educated guess. Neither TPWD nor others in the area perform larval fish sampling studies, so there is no available information from that aspect . All we can say with certainty is that from time to time golden shiner (a popular and readily-available bait store species) is taken in samples in the Rio Grande. |
| Record Type | Personal communication |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
