Beautiful Shiner
Cyprinella formosa (Girard, 1856)
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 beautiful shiner (Cyprinella formosa) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is found in Mexico and Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. It is one of 22 species of Cyprinella found in North America.
Wikipedia contributors, Beautiful shiner; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:59:26.978023+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyprinella formosa (Girard, 1856)
- Name authority
- (Girard, 1856)
- Common name
- Beautiful Shiner
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusCyprinella Girard, 1856
- speciesCyprinella formosa (Girard, 1856)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyprinella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tepehuan ShinerCyprinella alvarezdelvillari Contreras-Balderas & Lozano-Vilano, 1994 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyprinella chloristia (Jordan & Brayton, 1878) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyprinella galactura (Cope, 1868) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gibbous ShinerCyprinella garmani (Jordan, 1885) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyprinella labrosa (Cope, 1870) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyprinella leedsi (Fowler, 1942) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird & Girard, 1853) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Conchos ShinerCyprinella panarcys (Hubbs & Miller, 1978) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyprinella pyrrhomelas (Cope, 1870) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican Red ShinerCyprinella rutila (Girard, 1856) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyprinella trichroistia (Jordan & Gilbert, 1878) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Moniana formosa Girard, 1856 Girard, 1856 | synonym |
| Notropis formosus (Girard, 1856) (Girard, 1856) | synonym |
| Notropis mearnsi Snyder, 1915 Snyder, 1915 | synonym |
| Notropis santamariae Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902 Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902 | synonym |
| Cyprinella santamariae (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902) (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902) | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1017171 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:33HHL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.