Author: (Cope, 1867)
FBname: Ironcolor shiner
Comments: Occurs in clear, vegetated, sand-bottomed pools and slow runs of creeks and small rivers (Ref. 5723).  Feeds mainly on small crustaceans (amphipods, cladocerans, and ostracods), aquatic insects (caddisfly, midge, and mayfly larvae, and corixids), and terrestrial insects (ants), and filamentous algae (Ref. 79012).