The golden shiner virus is an aquatic virus that infects a bait fish known as the golden shiner and to a lesser extent, aquatic animals like crustaceans and molluscs.

About 6 virus species have been identified in this genus since the late 1970s.

Symptoms include bleeding from the back eyes and the head.

The virus is 70 nm in diameter and replicates best at 20-30 degrees Celsius.

Lastly, segment 5 encodes an enzyme protein NTPase.