Spotfin Shiner
Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Teleostei |
| Order | Cypriniformes |
| Family | Leuciscidae |
| Genus | Cyprinella |
| Species | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Kentucky
Counties
- Alabama
- Marshall, Morgan
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2013.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New York
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Maryland
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Jersey
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Delaware
- S3 Vulnerable
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Michigan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S3 Vulnerable
- Mississippi
- S3 Vulnerable
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- North Carolina
- S2 Imperiled
- Arkansas
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Georgia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Quebec
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025. A noteworthy range extension of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) south of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 24: N47-N58. doi:10.1656/058.024.0403
How to cite this account
Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2352. https://cavebiology.org/species/cyprinella-spiloptera/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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