Steelcolor shiner

Cyprinella whipplei

Carp Reaching Sixteen Centimeters

Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
North America
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

Cyprinella whipplei, the steelcolor shiner, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species found in North America. It is common throughout the Mississippi River basin and in the Black Warrior River system in Alabama.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Cyprinella
Maximum length: 16 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North America: Mississippi River basin from Ohio and West Virginia to Missouri and eastern Oklahoma, and south to northern Alabama and northern Louisiana; Black Warrior River system (Mobile Bay drainage) in Alabama, USA.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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