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Red shiner

Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Status not recordedbony fish

The red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the red shiner

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red shiner live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the red shiner as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Indonesiainvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the red shiner endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the red shiner classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusCyprinella
  7. SpeciesCyprinella lutrensis (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Synonyms Cyprinella beckwithi, Cyprinella billingsiana, Cyprinella forbesi, Cyprinella forlonensis, Cyprinella gunnisoni, Cyprinella lutrensis blairi, Cyprinella lutrensis forlonensis, Cyprinella lutrensis suavis, Cyprinella suavis, Cyprinella umbrosa, Dionda couchi, Hypsilepis iris, Leuciscus bubalinus, Leuciscus lutrensis, Moniana complanata, Moniana couchi, Moniana frigida, Moniana gibbosa, Moniana jugalis, Moniana laetabilis, Moniana leonina, Moniana pulchella, Nototropis forlonensis, Notropis lutrensis, Notropis lutrensis blairi

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • jelčík červenavýCzech
  • Amerikansk rødfinnebarbeDanish
  • Amerikanische RotflossenorfeGerman
  • SardinitaSpanish
  • Sarkaspuru ciprinēlaLatvian
  • Красноперая ципринеллаRussian
  • carpita rojaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red shiner

Other species in the same genus Cyprinella.

Blue shiner

Cyprinella caerulea

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the red shiner an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the red shiner as invasive in 1 country: Indonesia. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the red shiner?

The red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-shiner

MLA

“Red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-shiner.

BibTeX
@misc{red_shiner_2026,
  title = {Red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-shiner},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}