Steelcolor shiner (Cyprinella whipplei)
General data
- Main name: Steelcolor shiner
- Climates: Subtropical
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: North America
- Distribution: Tennessee River, Mississippi River, Mobile River
Classification
- Genus: Cyprinella - Satinfin shiners
- Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
- Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Cyprinella whipplei, the steelcolor shiner, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] This species found in North America. It is common throughout the Mississippi River basin and in the Black Warrior River system in Alabama. Adults may reach a maximum size of 16 cm (6.3 in) while mean length is 8.8 cm (3.5 in). The maximum age reported in this species was three years. C. whipplei lives in schools on rocky or sandy floors of creeks and small rivers.
