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  • Cyprinella lutrensis
  • Cyprinella lutrensis
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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.
Synonym(s) Cyprinella beckwithi, Cyprinella billingsiana, Cyprinella forbesi, Cyprinella forlonensis, Cyprinella gunnisoni, Cyprinella lutrensis blairi, Cyprinella lutrensis forlonensis, Cyprinella suavis, Cyprinella umbrosa, Hypsilepis iris, Leuciscus bubalinus, Leuciscus lutrensis, Moniana complanata, Moniana couchi, Moniana frigida, Moniana gibbosa, Moniana jugalis, Moniana laetabilis, Moniana leonina, Moniana pulchella
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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 2025 Jan 01 12:59 (species record created: 2012 May 07 16:46)