Cyprinella

Cyprinella
Tricolor shiner (Cyprinella trichroistia)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Cyprinella
Girard, 1856
Type species
Leuciscus bubalinus
Baird & Girard, 1853
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Erogala Jordan, 1878
  • Moniana Girard, 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)
Red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis)

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & 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.
  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" (PDF). Copeia. 2000 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2000)2000[0001:PRITNA]2.0.CO;2.
  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" (PDF). Fisheries. 33 (8): 372–407. Bibcode:2008Fish...33..372J. doi:10.1577/1548-8446-33.8.372.
  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): 617–626. Bibcode:2008AnBeh..75..617P. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.06.022.
  7. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cyprinella". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 March 2025.