Animal Diversity Web

Cyprinella formosa

Beautiful shiner

(Also: Sardinita de Santa Maria)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Cypriniformes
        
        Family Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
        
        Genus Cyprinella
        
        Species Cyprinella formosa (Beautiful shiner)