Length: 8.1 cm (3.2 inches). Catch, photograph, and identification courtesy of Josh Leisen (joshadventures), Gaylord, Michigan. The Sand Shiner, Notropis stramineus, is a member of the Carps and Minnows or Cyprinidae Family, and is known in Mexico as carpita arenera. Globally, there are eighty-eight species in the genus Notropis, with more ...