Bleeding Shiner
Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Luxilus zonatus

Maximum Size: 5
Shape: Slightly compressed
Suggested Hook & Size: Mustad 33909 #1/0 - #14
Thread: Iron Gray, 8/0 Uni-thread

Tail: Black Hanked Lite-Brite, glued to make a lateral stripe.
Tail Fin: Clear
Body: Black Bodi-Braid
Eye & Insert: Gold, Spirit River, Real Eye with
Priz Gold 3-D Molded insert
Lower Side: Pearl Green Hanked Lite-Brite
Upper Side: Gold Hanked Lite-Brite with Black Hanked Lite-Brite over then Hare's Ear Hanked Lite-Brite over

Snout Color or Change Thread: Olive Dun, 8/0 Uni-Thread
Belly or Stomach: Pearl Green Hanked Lite-Brite
Dorsum or Back: Chartreuse Hanked Lite-Brite with thin broad of Peacock Hanked Lite-Brite over

Head Color: Dusky/Olive
Cheek & Chin Color: Pearl Green with Cool Gray Prismacolor Pen chevron mark on back of gill plate
Pectoral Fins: Clear
Anal Fin: Clear
Pelvic Fin: Clear
Dorsal Fin: Clear

Colored Markers: Cool Gray Prismacolor Pen for chevron mark on the back of the gill plate
Tying Notes: None

Distribution: Found only in the upland tributaries of the Black River of the Ozarks in north central Arkansas and south central Missouri. Within this area it is often the most dominate and abundant specie of minnow.
Habitat: Small to large, clear steams and rivers with gravel to bedrock bottoms, pools with current and below swift riffles.
Spawning Period: Spawns from late April to late June.
Spawning Habitat: Over grave riffles or nests of Hornyhead Chubs or Stonerollers.
Important Notes: Replaces the Duskystripe Shiner in the upland Ozarkian Black River system.