• Characteristics - emerald green back with a distinctive silver lateral band and a white belly, mouth is large, terminal and oblique, elliptical body shape and slab-sided
• Distribution - large interior streams and border rivers in Iowa, rare in smaller streams
• Foods - algae, zooplankton
• Adult Length - 3 1/2 inches

For more emerald shiner information, see our printable pdf (79K) or Iowa Fish & Fishing.