Cyprinella

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Cyprinella
Tricolor shiner - Cyprinella trichroistia.jpg
Tricolor shiner (Cyprinella trichroistia)
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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

32 - See text.

Synonyms [1]
  • ErogalaJordan, 1878
  • MonianaGirard, 1856

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]

Satinfin shiner (Cyprinella analostana) Cyprinella analostana.jpg
Satinfin shiner (Cyprinella analostana)
Red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) Red shiner.JPG
Red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis)

References

  1. 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.
  2. Cyprinella. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cyprinella". FishBase . December 2012 version.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.