Cyprinidae

Red shiner

Cyprinella lutrensis

Silver sides white abdomen

• Red
• Tropical
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• Small
• Tropical fish

The red shiner or red-horse minnow (Cyprinella lutrensis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. They are deep-bodied and laterally compressed, and can grow to about 3 inches (7.6 cm) in length. For most of the year, both males and females have silver sides and whitish abdomens.