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Satinfin Shiners
Cyprinella
Cyprinella is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known as the satinfin shiners. They are native to North America, and some are among the most common freshwater fish species on the eastern side of the continent.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 32 known species
Blacktail Shiner Complex
complexCyprinella venusta
Spotfin Shiner
speciesCyprinella spiloptera
Red Shiner
speciesCyprinella lutrensis
Whitetail Shiner
speciesCyprinella galactura
Alabama Shiner
speciesCyprinella callistia
Satinfin Shiner
speciesCyprinella analostana
Steelcolor Shiner
speciesCyprinella whipplei
Tricolor Shiner
speciesCyprinella trichroistia
Bluntface Shiner
speciesCyprinella camura
Fieryblack Shiner
speciesCyprinella pyrrhomelas
Whitefin Shiner
speciesCyprinella nivea
Blue Shiner
speciesCyprinella caerulea
Tallapoosa Shiner
speciesCyprinella gibbsi
Proserpine Shiner
speciesCyprinella proserpina
Greenfin Shiner
speciesCyprinella chloristia
Ocmulgee Shiner
speciesCyprinella callisema
Plateau Shiner
speciesCyprinella lepida
Bannerfin Shiner
speciesCyprinella leedsi
Santee Chub
speciesCyprinella zanema
Altamaha Shiner
speciesCyprinella xaenura
Thicklip Chub
speciesCyprinella labrosa
Red × Blacktail Shiner
hybridCyprinella lutrensis × venusta
Beautiful Shiner
speciesCyprinella formosa
Cuatro Cienegas Shiner
speciesCyprinella xanthicara
Red × Spotfin Shiner
hybridCyprinella lutrensis × spiloptera
Siouan Thinlip Chub
speciesCyprinella leptocheilus
Gibbous Shiner
speciesCyprinella rubripinna
Bluestripe Shiner
speciesCyprinella callitaenia
Largemouth Shiner
speciesCyprinella bocagrande
Red × Plateau Shiner
hybridCyprinella lutrensis × lepida
Western Blacktail × Proserpine Shiner
hybridCyprinella venusta × proserpina
Tepehuan Shiner
speciesCyprinella alvarezdelvillari
Conchos Shiner
speciesCyprinella panarcys
Mexican Red Shiner
speciesCyprinella rutila
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87809.