Cyprinella is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known as the satinfin shiners.[1] They are native to North America, and some are among the most common freshwater fish species on the eastern side of the continent.[2] Conversely, several Cyprinella species with small distributions are threatened and the Maravillas Creek subspecies of the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis blairi) is extinct.[3]
| Cyprinella | |
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| Tricolor shiner (Cyprinella trichroistia) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Cyprinella Girard, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Leuciscus bubalinus Baird & Girard, 1853
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The largest species reach around 19 cm (7.5 in) in total length.[4] Breeding males often develop bright coloration.[2] Fish of the genus produce audible sounds during courtship and conflict.[5]
Species edit
There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari Contreras-Balderas & Lozano-Vilano, 1994 (Tepehuan shiner)
- Cyprinella analostana Girard, 1859 (satinfin shiner)
- Cyprinella bocagrande (Chernoff & R. R. Miller, 1982) (largemouth shiner)
- Cyprinella caerulea (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Blue shiner)
- Cyprinella callisema (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Ocmulgee shiner)
- Cyprinella callistia (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Alabama shiner)
- Cyprinella callitaenia (R. M. Bailey & Gibbs, 1956) (bluestripe shiner)
- Cyprinella camura (D. S. Jordan & Meek, 1884) (bluntface shiner)
- Cyprinella chloristia (D. S. Jordan and Brayton, 1878) (greenfin shiner)
- Cyprinella eurystoma (D. S. Jordan, 1877)
- Cyprinella formosa (Girard, 1856) (beautiful shiner)
- Cyprinella galactura (Cope, 1868) (whitetail shiner)
- Cyprinella garmani (D. S. Jordan, 1885) (gibbous shiner)
- Cyprinella gibbsi (W. M. Howell & J. D. Williams, 1971) (Tallapoosa shiner)
- Cyprinella labrosa (Cope, 1870) (thicklip chub)
- Cyprinella leedsi (Fowler, 1942) (bannerfin shiner)
- Cyprinella lepida Girard, 1856 (plateau shiner)
- Cyprinella lutrensis (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853) (red shiner)
- Cyprinella monacha (Cope, 1868) (spotfin chub)
- Cyprinella nivea (Cope, 1870) (whitefin shiner)
- Cyprinella panarcys (C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1978) (Conchos shiner)
- Cyprinella proserpina (Girard, 1856) (Proserpine shiner)
- Cyprinella pyrrhomelas (Cope, 1870) (fieryblack shiner)
- Cyprinella rutila (Girard, 1856) (Mexican red shiner)
- Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) (spotfin shiner)
- Cyprinella stigmatura (D. S. Jordan, 1877)
- Cyprinella trichroistia (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1878) (tricolor shiner)
- Cyprinella venusta Girard, 1856 (blacktail shiner)
- Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856 (steelcolor shiner)
- Cyprinella xaenura (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Altamaha shiner)
- Cyprinella xanthicara (W. L. Minckley & Lytle, 1969) (Cuatro Cienegas shiner)
- Cyprinella zanema (D. S. Jordan and Brayton, 1878) (Santee chub)
References edit
- ^ Cyprinella. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ a b Broughton, R. E. and J. R. Gold. (2000). Phylogenetic relationships in the North American cyprinid genus Cyprinella (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) based on sequences of the mitochondrial ND2 and ND4L genes. Copeia 2000(1) 1-10.
- ^ Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr. (2008). Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8): 372-407.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cyprinella in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ Phillips, C. T. and C. E. Johnston. (2008). Geographical divergence of acoustic signals in Cyprinella galactura, the whitetail shiner (Cyprinidae). Animal Behaviour 75(2), 617-26.
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