The sharpnose shiner is a small, slender minnow, measuring 3 to 5 cm (1.2 to 2.0 in) in standard length, with a strongly curved ventral contour, and an oblique mouth (Hubbs and Bonham 1951, pp. 94–95). Coloration is typically olive dorsally, silver-white ventrally, and silver laterally with a faint...