After spawning, the pair separated gently and the female drifted downstream while the male returned to guarding his territory. Spawning continued after a few minutes and Raney estimated that it would take several days to deposit all of a female's complement of eggs. Few fish live through the third winter. Distribution of the swallowtail shiner in NY state. Dark dots represent where actual samples of swallowtail shiners were taken.
White dots represent historic distributions.
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