Cyprinella
Cyprinella | |
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Tricolor shiner (Cyprinella trichroistia) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Leuciscidae |
Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
Genus: | Cyprinella Girard, 1856 |
Type species | |
Leuciscus bubalinus Baird & Girard, 1853 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Cyprinella is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. They are known as the satinfin shiners.[2] They are native to North America, and some are among the most common freshwater fish species on the eastern side of the continent.[3] Conversely, several Cyprinella species with small distributions are threatened and the Maravillas Creek subspecies of the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis blairi) is extinct.[4]
The largest species reach around 19 cm (7.5 in) in total length.[5] Breeding males often develop bright coloration.[3] Fish of the genus produce audible sounds during courtship and conflict.[6]
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[7]

- Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari Contreras-Balderas & Lozano-Vilano, 1994 (Tepehuan shiner)
- Cyprinella analostana Girard, 1859 (Satinfin shiner)
- Cyprinella bocagrande (Chernoff & R. R. Miller, 1982) (Largemouth shiner)
- Cyprinella caerulea (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Blue shiner)
- Cyprinella callisema (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Ocmulgee shiner)
- Cyprinella callistia (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Alabama shiner)
- Cyprinella callitaenia (R. M. Bailey & Gibbs, 1956) (Bluestripe shiner)
- Cyprinella camura (D. S. Jordan & Meek, 1884) (Bluntface shiner)
- Cyprinella chloristia (D. S. Jordan and Brayton, 1878) (Greenfin shiner)
- Cyprinella eurystoma (D. S. Jordan, 1877)
- Cyprinella formosa (Girard, 1856) (Beautiful shiner)
- Cyprinella galactura (Cope, 1868) (Whitetail shiner)
- Cyprinella gibbsi (Howell & J. D. Williams, 1971) (Tallapoosa shiner)
- Cyprinella labrosa (Cope, 1870) (Thicklip chub)
- Cyprinella leedsi (Fowler, 1942) (Bannerfin shiner)
- Cyprinella lepida Girard, 1856 (Plateau shiner)
- Cyprinella leptocheilus Tracy, Rohde & Jenkins, 2024 (Siouan thinlip chub)
- Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird & Girard, 1853) (Red shiner)
- Cyprinella nivea (Cope, 1870) (Whitefin shiner)
- Cyprinella panarcys (C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1978) (Conchos shiner)
- Cyprinella proserpina (Girard, 1856) (Proserpine shiner)
- Cyprinella pyrrhomelas (Cope, 1870) (Fieryblack shiner)
- Cyprinella rubripinna Garman, 1881 (Gibbous shiner)
- Cyprinella rutila (Girard, 1856) (Mexican red shiner)
- Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) (Spotfin shiner)
- Cyprinella stigmatura (D. S. Jordan, 1877)
- Cyprinella trichroistia (D. S. Jordan & Gilbert, 1878) (Tricolor shiner)
- Cyprinella venusta Girard, 1856 (Blacktail shiner)
- Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856 (Steelcolor shiner)
- Cyprinella xaenura (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Altamaha shiner)
- Cyprinella xanthicara (W. L. Minckley & Lytle, 1969) (Cuatro Cienegas shiner)
- Cyprinella zanema (D. S. Jordan & Brayton, 1878) (Santee chub)
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pogonichthyinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ Cyprinella. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ a b Broughton, R. E. and J. R. Gold. (2000). Phylogenetic relationships in the North American cyprinid genus Cyprinella (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) based on sequences of the mitochondrial ND2 and ND4L genes. Copeia 2000(1) 1-10.
- ^ Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr. (2008). Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8): 372-407.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cyprinella". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ Phillips, C. T. and C. E. Johnston. (2008). Geographical divergence of acoustic signals in Cyprinella galactura, the whitetail shiner (Cyprinidae). Animal Behaviour 75(2), 617-26.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cyprinella". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 March 2025.