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Scientific Name Cyprinella lutrensis  (Baird & Girard, 1853)
Common Names Red Shiner
Amerikanische Rotflossenorfe (Germany)
Type Locality Otter Creek, Arkansas [= tributary to North Fork of Red River, either Kiowa or Tillman County, southwestern Oklahoma], U.S.A.
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Size 90mm or 3.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution North America: Mississippi River basin from southern Wisconsin and eastern Indiana to South Dakota and Wyoming and south to Louisiana, USA; Gulf drainages west of Mississippi River to Rio Grande in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, USA. Widely introduced elsewhere in USA. Also in northern Mexico.
Gulf Coast Drainages, Mississippi (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 6, pp 391.
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Last Update 2017 Aug 15 13:04 (species record created: 2012 May 07 16:46)