Cyprinella whipplei, the steelcolor shiner, is a freshwater fish species found in North America.

The maximum age reported in this species was three years.

C. whipplei lives in schools on rocky or sandy floors of creeks and small rivers.

The fish was named in honor of Lieut.

Amiel Weeks Whipple (1818–1863), the military engineer/surveyor who led the boundary survey team that collected the type specimen.