Cyprinella whipplei

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.

Cyprinella whipplei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Cyprinella
Species:	C. whipplei
Binomial name
Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856
Synonyms[2]
Notropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)

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.^[3]