Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856
Steelcolor shiner
Steelcolor shiner
Cyprinella whipplei
photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

Family:  Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Max. size:  16 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 3 years
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
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.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabits rocky and sandy runs, less often pools, of creeks and small to medium rivers. Common near riffles (Ref. 5723, 86798).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 17 November 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Known from 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 (Ref. 86798). Mostly absent on Coastal Plain (Ref. 86798). Recorded above the Fall Line in the Mississippi River drainage from Illinois River system, Illinois, southward, and also occurs in the Black Warrior portion of the Mobile drainage (Ref. 10294). Also Ref. 5723.


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