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title: "Red Shiner"
description: "Cyprinella lutrensis — Peixes. The red shiner or red-horse minnow (Cyprinella lutrensis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/red-shiner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red Shiner

> Cyprinella lutrensis — Peixes. The red shiner or red-horse minnow (Cyprinella lutrensis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.

- Scientific name: *Cyprinella lutrensis*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 2237
- Wikidata: [Q469166](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469166)
- iNaturalist taxon: [98905](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/98905)

## Names

- en: Red Shiner
- de: Amerikanische Rotflossenorfe
- es: Carpita roja

## Countries with the most observations

US (2049), MX (25)

## Summary

The red shiner or red-horse minnow (Cyprinella lutrensis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. They are deep-bodied and laterally compressed, and can grow to about 3 inches (7.6 cm) in length. For most of the year, both males and females have silver sides and whitish abdomens. Males in breeding coloration, though, have iridescent pink-purple-blue sides and a red crown and fins (except the dorsal fin which remains dark).
Red shiners can live up to three years. They are omnivorous; they eat both aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates, as well as algae.…

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

## Photo

![Red Shiner](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-shiner/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328283197

## Machine access

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