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title: "Western Blacktail Shiner"
description: "Cyprinella venusta — Ryby. The blacktail shiner (Cyprinella venusta) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/western-blacktail-shiner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Western Blacktail Shiner

> Cyprinella venusta — Ryby. The blacktail shiner (Cyprinella venusta) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.

- Scientific name: *Cyprinella venusta*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 1999
- Wikidata: [Q6424547](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6424547)
- iNaturalist taxon: [98912](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/98912)

## Names

- en: Western Blacktail Shiner
- de: Westliche Schwarzschwanzorfe
- es: Carpita colinegra

## Countries with the most observations

US (1866), MX (4)

## Summary

The blacktail shiner (Cyprinella venusta) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This fish is found in the United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacktail_shiner

## Photo

![Western Blacktail Shiner](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-blacktail-shiner/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nick Loveland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181764257

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-blacktail-shiner?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).