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The sand shiner (Notropis stramineus) is a widespread North American species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. Sand shiners live in open clear water streams with sandy bottoms where they feed in schools on aquatic and terrestrial insects, bottom ooze and diatoms.

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1. (c) Owen Strickland, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Owen Strickland
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_shiner

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• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
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• FishSource
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• VertNet
• World Register of Marine Species

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