Tepehuan Shiner

Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari

Vulnerable Carp of Mexican Waters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

The Tepehuan shiner (Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is 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, Durango.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Cyprinella
Water type: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform