Biology:Cyprinella whipplei
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Short description: Species of fish
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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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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.
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
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinella whipplei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202088A15364589. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202088A15364589.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202088/15364589. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamilies LAVINIINAE, PLAGOPTERINAE and POGONICHTHYINAEs". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes16/.
- "Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856". FishBase. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=2915.
- "Family Cyprinidae--Minnow Family". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. http://dnr.state.il.us/education/fish/minnow.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q6424712 entry
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