Bluenose shiner

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Pteronotropis welaka

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Overview

Habitat summary
Bluenose shiners inhabit backwaters and river swamps to spring-run streams and are often associated with areas of aquatic vegetation and deep pools (Florida Natural Areas Inventory 2001, Gilbert 1992, Bass et. al. 2004). In Florida, there are two disjunct distributions, the St. Johns River basin and the western panhandle with no known occurrences between the St. Johns and the Apalachicola rivers (Gilbert, 1992). The first specimens were collected from the St. Johns River, near Welaka, in 1897 by William C. Kendall (Bass and Hoehn, 2010).
Diet
diet of the bluenose shiner consists of insects and rotifers (microscopic aquatic species).
Water type
freshwater

When to fish

Seasonality
Bluenose shiners inhabit backwaters and river swamps to spring-run streams and are often associated with areas of aquatic vegetation and deep pools (Florida Natural Areas Inventory 2001, Gilbert 1992, Bass et. Spawning takes place over sunfish nests. Spawning actions were studied in Mississippi, and it was determined that females produce 55 to 190 eggs (Osprey Data International, Inc 2001, Bass & Hoehn 2010, Johnston and Knight 1999).

Where to fish

Habitat summary
Bluenose shiners inhabit backwaters and river swamps to spring-run streams and are often associated with areas of aquatic vegetation and deep pools (Florida Natural Areas Inventory 2001, Gilbert 1992, Bass et. al. 2004). In Florida, there are two disjunct distributions, the St. Johns River basin and the western panhandle with no known occurrences between the St. Johns and the Apalachicola rivers (Gilbert, 1992). The first specimens were collected from the St. Johns River, near Welaka, in 1897 by William C. Kendall (Bass and Hoehn, 2010).
Habitat zone
freshwater
Fishing zone
freshwater

How to catch

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Bait & lures

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Size

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Records

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Related states & places

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Boat ramps — Florida

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Bait shops — Florida

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Related species

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Source evidence by state

Florida

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common name local
Bluenose shiner
scientific name local
Pteronotropis welaka
water type local
freshwater
enrichment status
enriched
waterbodies
St. Johns River · Apalachicola river
geo regions fl
Panhandle · Northeast
range precision
waterbody

Legacy Florida source profiles

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