Black shinner

The black shinner (Pseudopungtungia nigra) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons.

[2] This species is endemic to South Korea where it is restricted to the Geum, Mangyeong and Ungcheon rivers.

[3] The black shiner is typically found in small shoals of at least 10 fishes in clear, flowing upper and middle sttretches where the stream bed consists of rock, boulders, gravel or sand.

THye normally spawn beneath rocks or in gravel in the spring and early summer.

They are know to be brrod parasites within the nests of Coreoperca herzi.