WoRMS taxon details
Cyprinella venusta Girard, 1856
1016054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1016054)
accepted
Species
Cliola urostigma Jordan & Meek, 1884 · unaccepted
Cyprinella cercostigma Cope, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinella notata Girard, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Luxilus chickasavensis Hay, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Notropis cooglei Hildebrand & Towers, 1928 · unaccepted
Notropis venustus (Girard, 1856) · unaccepted
Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cyprinella venusta Girard, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1016054 on 2025-12-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,. [details]
original description (of Cyprinella cercostigma Cope, 1868) Cope, E. D. (1868). On the genera of fresh-water fishes Hypsilepis Baird and Photogenis Cope, their species and distribution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 19: 156-166.
page(s): 157 [details]
original description (of Cyprinella notata Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,. [details]
original description (of Cliola urostigma Jordan & Meek, 1884) Jordan, D. S.; Meek, S. E. (1884). Description of four new species of Cyprinidae in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 7 (450): 474-477. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Cyprinella cercostigma Cope, 1868) Cope, E. D. (1868). On the genera of fresh-water fishes Hypsilepis Baird and Photogenis Cope, their species and distribution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 19: 156-166.
page(s): 157 [details]
original description (of Cyprinella notata Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,. [details]
original description (of Cliola urostigma Jordan & Meek, 1884) Jordan, D. S.; Meek, S. E. (1884). Description of four new species of Cyprinidae in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 7 (450): 474-477. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyprinella venusta)
To FishBase (from synonym Luxilus chickasavensis Hay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinella cercostigma Cope, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinella notata Girard, 1856)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cliola urostigma Jordan & Meek, 1884)
To Fishbase (from synonym Notropis cooglei Hildebrand & Towers, 1928)
To Fishbase (from synonym Notropis venustus (Girard, 1856))
To FishBase
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1297 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cyprinella notata USNM 136 lectotype photograph lateral) (from synonym Cyprinella notata Girard, 1856)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cyprinella notata USNM 136 lectotype photograph ventral) (from synonym Cyprinella notata Girard, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyprinella venusta)
To FishBase (from synonym Luxilus chickasavensis Hay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinella cercostigma Cope, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinella notata Girard, 1856)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cliola urostigma Jordan & Meek, 1884)
To Fishbase (from synonym Notropis cooglei Hildebrand & Towers, 1928)
To Fishbase (from synonym Notropis venustus (Girard, 1856))
To FishBase
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1297 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cyprinella notata USNM 136 lectotype photograph lateral) (from synonym Cyprinella notata Girard, 1856)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cyprinella notata USNM 136 lectotype photograph ventral) (from synonym Cyprinella notata Girard, 1856)
