The life history of the spottail shiner has not been thoroughly studied. Spawning appears to take place in June or July over sandy bottom and at the mouths of streams where the ripe fish assemble in large aggregations. Ovarian egg counts range from 100 to 2,600 depending on size of the female. Distribution of the spottail shiner in NY state. Dark dots represent where actual samples of spottail shiners were taken.
White dots represent historic distributions.
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