Golden shiner

Golden shiner; Temporal range: Late Miocene to present,
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Notemigonus; Rafinesque, 1819
Species:	N. crysoleucas
Binomial name
	Notemigonus crysoleucas; (Mitchill, 1814)
Synonyms
	Cyprinus crysoleucas Mitchill, 1814 ; Cyprinus americanus Linnaeus, 1766 ; Cyprinus hemiplus Rafinesque, 1817 ; Notemigonus auratus Rafinesque, 1819 ; Hemiplus lacustris Rafinesque, 1820 ; Leuciscus chrysopterus DeKay, 1842 ; Abramis versicolor DeKay, 1842 ; Leuciscus gardoneus Valenciennes, 1844 ; Luxilus leptosomus Girard, 1856 ; Luxilus leptosomus Girard, 1856 ; Notemigonus ischanus D. S. Jordan, 1877 ;

The golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae. This fish occurs in eastern North America. It is the sole member of its genus. Commonly used as a bait fish, it is probably the most widely pond-cultured fish in the United States. It can be found in Quebec and elsewhere in southeastern Canada west to Manitoba or Saskatchewan, and its French name is Méné jaune or Chatte de l'Est.