''Cyprinella'' is a genus of fish in the family

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

, the carps and minnows. They are known as the satinfin shiners. They are native to North America, and some are among the most common

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species on the eastern side of the continent.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. Conversely, several ''Cyprinella'' species with small distributions are

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and the

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subspecies of the

red shiner The red shiner or red-horse minnow (''Cyprinella lutrensis'') is a North American species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are deep-bodied and laterally compressed,Farringer R.T., III, A.A. Echelle, and S.F. Lehtinen. 1979. Repr ...

(''Cyprinella lutrensis blairi'') is extinct. The largest species reach around in total length. Breeding males often develop bright coloration. Fish of the genus produce audible sounds during

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and

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.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.

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus: Cyprinella analostana

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Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari The Tepehuan shiner (''Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Mexico. It was described as a new species from a stream in the headwaters of Nazas River in Arroyo del Péñon Blanco, upstream of Peñón Blanco, Du ...

'' Contreras-Balderas & Lozano-Vilano, 1994 (Tepehuan shiner) *''

Cyprinella analostana The satinfin shiner (''Cyprinella analostana'') is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is native to the eastern United States, where its distribution extends from New York to South Carolina. It is a common fish a ...

'' Girard, 1859 (satinfin shiner) *''

Cyprinella bocagrande The largemouth shiner (''Cyprinella bocagrande'') is a critically endangered species of cyprinid fish. It is found only in the Guzmán Basin in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, where it is called ''sardinita bocagrande''. In 2012, it only survive ...

'' ( Chernoff &

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, 1982) (largemouth shiner) *''

Cyprinella caerulea The blue shiner (''Cyprinella caerulea'') is a species of fish in the carp family. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it is endemic to the Cahaba and Coosa River systems of the Mobile River Basin. This is a federally listed ...

'' ( D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Blue shiner) *''

Cyprinella callisema The Ocmulgee shiner (''Cyprinella callisema'') is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the United States where it occurs in the Altamaha and Ogeechee river drainages in Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgi ...

'' (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Ocmulgee shiner) *''

Cyprinella callistia The Alabama shiner (''Cyprinella callistia'') is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the United States where it occurs in the Alabama and Tombigbee river systems in Alabama, Georgia, eastern Mississippi, and extreme sout ...

'' (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Alabama shiner) *'' Cyprinella callitaenia'' (R. M. Bailey & Gibbs, 1956) (bluestripe shiner) *''

Cyprinella camura The bluntface shiner (''Cyprinella camura'') is a species of fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is native to the United States, where it occurs in two disjunct populations on either side of the Mississippi River The Mississippi River ...

'' (D. S. Jordan &

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, 1884) (bluntface shiner) *'' Cyprinella chloristia'' ( D. S. Jordan and Brayton, 1878) (greenfin shiner) *'' Cyprinella eurystoma'' (D. S. Jordan, 1877) *''

Cyprinella formosa The beautiful shiner (''Cyprinella formosa'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Mexico and Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. It is one of 22 species of ''Cyprinella'' found in North America. Des ...

'' (Girard, 1856) (beautiful shiner) *'' Cyprinella galactura'' (

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, 1868) (whitetail shiner) *'' Cyprinella garmani'' (D. S. Jordan, 1885) ( gibbous shiner) *'' Cyprinella gibbsi'' (W. M. Howell &

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, 1971) (Tallapoosa shiner) *'' Cyprinella labrosa'' (Cope, 1870) (thicklip chub) *'' Cyprinella leedsi'' ( Fowler, 1942) (bannerfin shiner) *'' Cyprinella lepida'' Girard, 1856 (plateau shiner) *''

Cyprinella lutrensis The red shiner or red-horse minnow (''Cyprinella lutrensis'') is a North American species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are deep-bodied and laterally compressed,Farringer R.T., III, A.A. Echelle, and S.F. Lehtinen. 1979. Repr ...

'' ( S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853) (red shiner) *'' Cyprinella monacha'' (Cope, 1868) (spotfin chub) *'' Cyprinella nivea'' (Cope, 1870) (whitefin shiner) *'' Cyprinella panarcys'' ( C. L. Hubbs &

, 1978) (Conchos shiner) *'' Cyprinella proserpina'' (Girard, 1856) (Proserpine shiner) *'' Cyprinella pyrrhomelas'' (Cope, 1870) (fieryblack shiner) *''

Cyprinella rutila The Mexican red shiner (''Cyprinella rutila'') is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country ...

'' (Girard, 1856) (Mexican red shiner) *''

Cyprinella spiloptera The spotfin shiner (''Cyprinella spiloptera'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is a small sized freshwater fish found abundantly in many watercourses of North America. Taxonomy Edward Drinker Cope described the spotf ...

'' (Cope, 1867) (spotfin shiner) *'' Cyprinella stigmatura'' (D. S. Jordan, 1877) *''

Cyprinella trichroistia The tricolor shiner (''Cyprinella trichroistia'') It is endemic to the United States where it occurs in the Alabama River drainage in Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tenne ...

'' (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1878) (tricolor shiner) *''

Cyprinella venusta The blacktail shiner (''Cyprinella venusta'') is a small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to the United States. Description and anatomy The blacktail shiner is a somewhat slender minnow with 8-9 rays on the anal fin, and a promine ...

'' Girard, 1856 (blacktail shiner) *'' Cyprinella whipplei'' Girard, 1856 (steelcolor shiner) *'' Cyprinella xaenura'' (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Altamaha shiner) *'' Cyprinella xanthicara'' (

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& Lytle, 1969) (Cuatro Cienegas shiner) *'' Cyprinella zanema'' ( D. S. Jordan and Brayton, 1878) (Santee chub)

References

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