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Cyprinella chloristia (Jordan & Brayton, 1878)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

The greenfin shiner (Cyprinella chloristia) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs in the Santee River drainage in North Carolina and South Carolina, and the Peedee River drainage in South Carolina.This species reaches a length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in)

Wikipedia contributors, Greenfin shiner; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:28:27.704749+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cyprinella chloristia (Jordan & Brayton, 1878)
Name authority
(Jordan & Brayton, 1878)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Cyprinella
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
  13. genusCyprinella Girard, 1856
  14. speciesCyprinella chloristia (Jordan & Brayton, 1878)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cyprinella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Tepehuan ShinerCyprinella alvarezdelvillari Contreras-Balderas & Lozano-Vilano, 1994CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyprinella galactura (Cope, 1868)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gibbous ShinerCyprinella garmani (Jordan, 1885)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyprinella labrosa (Cope, 1870)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyprinella leedsi (Fowler, 1942)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird & Girard, 1853)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Conchos ShinerCyprinella panarcys (Hubbs & Miller, 1978)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyprinella pyrrhomelas (Cope, 1870)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mexican Red ShinerCyprinella rutila (Girard, 1856)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyprinella trichroistia (Jordan & Gilbert, 1878)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Notropis chloristius (Jordan & Brayton, 1878) (Jordan & Brayton, 1878)synonym
Codoma chloristia Jordan & Brayton, 1878 Jordan & Brayton, 1878synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1020137 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:33HHH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.