Original description as Leuciscus lutrensis:
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- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1853. "Descriptions of new species of fishes, collected by captains R. B. Marcy, and Geo. B. M'Clellan, in Arkansas". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6:390-392 (ffm00109)
Synonyms (1):
- Leuciscus bubalinus Baird & Girard, 1853, with type locality at Otter Creek, Arkansas [= tributary to North Fork of Red River, either Kiowa or Tillman County, southwestern Oklahoma], U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Cyprinella beckwithi Girard, 1856, with type locality at Sluices of Arkansas River near Fort Makee, Kansas, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Cyprinella gunnisoni Girard, 1856, with type locality at Cottonwood River, about 5 miles northwest of Durham, Marion County, Kansas. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Cyprinella laetabilis Girard, 1856, with type locality at Hurah Creek (a tributary to Pecos River), about 10 miles northeast of Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Cyprinella suavis Girard, 1856, with type locality at Near San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Cyprinella umbrosa Girard, 1856, with type locality at Coal Creek, tributary to south fork of Canadian River, Arkansas, and also 20 miles west of Choctaw Agency, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Moniana complanata Girard, 1856, with type locality at Rio Grande, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Moniana couchi Girard, 1856, with type locality at Río San Juan, near China, Nuevo León State, Mexico. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Moniana frigida Girard, 1856, with type locality at Salado Creek, tributary to Rio San Antonio, just east of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Moniana gibbosa Girard, 1856, with type locality at Rio Grande (or tributary) at Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Moniana leonina Girard, 1856, with type locality at Leon River [Leon Creek], tributary to San Antonio River, Bexar County, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Moniana pulchella Girard, 1856, with type locality at Sugar Loaf Creek, tributary to Poteau River, about 20-25 miles south of Fort Smith, near Poteay, Oklahoma-Arkansas line, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Cyprinella billingsiana Cope, 1871, with type locality at Missouri River at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Moniana jugalis Cope, 1871, with type locality at Missouri River at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Cyprinella forbesi Jordan, 1878, with type locality at Illinois River, Union County, southern Illinois, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Notropis forlonensis Meek, 1904, with type locality at Río Forlón, tributary of River Pánuco, Forlón, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
- Hypsilepis iris Cope, 1978, with type locality at Rio Grande at San Ildefonso, about 10 miles east of Los Alamos, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
Conservation: Cyprinella lutrensis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.