Cyprinidae

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.