Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
Red shiner
Red shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis
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Family:  Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Max. size:  9.3 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 3 years
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 7 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 20
Distribution:  North America: Mississippi River basin from soutwestern Wisconsin and eastern Indiana to 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.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabits silty, sandy, and rocky pools and runs, sometimes riffles, of creeks and small to medium rivers. Can tolerate siltation and high turbidity (Ref. 5723, 86798). Feeds on terrestrial and aquatic insects, and algae (Ref. 10294).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 27 February 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Found in the Mississippi River basin from soutwestern Wisconsin and eastern Indiana to Wyoming and south to Louisiana; Gulf drainages west of Mississippi River to Rio Grande in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. Absent in Ozark and Ouachita uplands. Widely introduced elsewhere in USA (Ref. 5723, 86798). Type locality: Otter Creek, tributary of the North Fork of the Red River, Kiowa or Tillman County, Oklahoma (Ref. 79012). Also Ref. 10294. Status of threat of Cyprinella lutrensis blairi: extinct. Criteria: 1,5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).


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