The common shiner (Luxilus cornutus) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found in North America.

[2] The common shiner is silvery colored (sometimes bronze) and has an "olive back with a dark dorsal stripe."

[2]The common shiner can be found in cool clear creeks and small to medium rivers, usually in the faster pools near riffles [clarification needed] and in the shallow littoral of ponds and lakes.

[citation needed] The common shiner eats "terrestrial and aquatic insects, vegetation, and other fishes."

[3] Predators of the common shiner include fish (such as the smallmouth bass and chain pickerel) and birds (i.e. mergansers and kingfishers).