Distribution of the Blacknose Shiner, Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann and Eigenmann, in Clay, Dickinson and Osceola Counties, Iowa

Four collections of the blacknose shiner, Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann and Eigenmann, were made from three different streams in Clay, Dickinson and Osceola Counties, Iowa. Twenty-six specimens were collected. These are the only known specimens of this species collected from a stream environment in Iowa in the last twenty years. Thus, it was demonstrated that the species is not yet extinct in Iowa streams