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]
Referencesedit
^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). . 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, steelcolor, shiner, freshwater, fish, species, found, north, america, common, throughout, mississippi, river, basin, black, warrior, river, system, alabama, conservation, status, least, concern, iucn, scientific, classification, domain, e. 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 Cyprinella whipplei Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Cypriniformes Family Cyprinidae Subfamily Leuciscinae Clade Pogonichthyinae Genus Cyprinella Species C whipplei Binomial name Cyprinella whippleiGirard 1856 Synonyms 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 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 amp 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cyprinella whipplei amp oldid 1193204215, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
