Cyprinella whipplei, the steelcolor shiner, is a freshwater fish species found in North America. It is common throughout the Mississippi River basin and in the Black Warrior River system in Alabama.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Cyprinella |
| Species: | C. whipplei
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| Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856
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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.
The fish was named in honor of Lieut. Amiel Weeks Whipple (1818–1863), the military engineer/surveyor who led the boundary survey team that collected the type specimen.[2]
References
edit- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella whipplei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202088A15364589. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202088A15364589.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamilies LAVINIINAE, PLAGOPTERINAE and POGONICHTHYINAEs". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- "Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856". FishBase.
- "Family Cyprinidae--Minnow Family". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18.