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title: "Spotfin Shiner"
description: "Cyprinella spiloptera — Peixes. Cyprinella spiloptera, the spotfin shiner is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/spotfin-shiner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Spotfin Shiner

> Cyprinella spiloptera — Peixes. Cyprinella spiloptera, the spotfin shiner is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.

- Scientific name: *Cyprinella spiloptera*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 2669
- Wikidata: [Q3766704](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3766704)
- iNaturalist taxon: [98910](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/98910)

## Names

- en: Spotfin Shiner
- de: Flossenfleckorfe
- fr: Méné bleu

## Countries with the most observations

US (1986), CA (352)

## Summary

Cyprinella spiloptera, the spotfin shiner is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is a small sized freshwater fish found abundantly in many watercourses of North America.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: nmacelko2 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178776866

## Machine access

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