Leuciscinae
Leuciscinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the fishes known as daces, chubs, shiners and minnows. The fishes in this subfamily are mainly found in Eurasia, with one genus (Notemigonus) in North America.
Genera
Leuciscinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Abramis Cuvier, 1816 (Common bream)
- Acanthobrama Heckel 1843 (Bleaks)
- Achondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007
- Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861 (Riffle minnows)
- Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820 (Bleaks)
- Anaecypris Collares-Pereira, 1983 (Spanish minnowcarp)
- Aspiolucius Berg, 1907 (pike-asp)
- Ballerus Heckel, 1843 (breams)
- Blicca Heckel, 1843 (Silver bream)
- Capoetobrama Berg, 1916 (Sharpray)
- Chondrostoma Agassiz, 1832 (Typical nases)
- Delminichthys Freyhof, Lieckfeldt, Bogutskaya, Pitra & Ludwig, 2006
- Egirdira Freyhof, 2022
- Iberochondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007
- Ladigesocypris M. S. Karaman 1972
- Leucalburnus Berg, 1916
- Leucaspius Heckel & Kner, 1857 (Moderlieschen)
- Leuciscus Cuvier, 1816 (Eurasian dace)
- Leucos Heckel, 1843
- Mirogrex Goren, Fishelson & Trewavas, 1973
- Notemigonus Rafinesque, 1819 (Golden shiner)
- Pachychilon Steindachner, 1882
- Parachondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007
- Pelasgus Kottelat & Freyhof, 2007
- Pelecus Agassiz, 1835 (Sabre carp)
- Petroleuciscus Bogutskaya, 2002 (Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces)
- Phoxinellus Heckel, 1843
- Protochondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007
- Pseudochondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007
- Pseudophoxinus Bleeker, 1860
- Rutilus Rafinesque, 1820 (Katum, pearlfish and roach)
- Sarmarutilus Bianco & Ketmaier, 2014 (South European roach)
- Scardinius Bonaparte, 1837 (Rudd)
- Squalius Bonaparte, 1837 (European chubs)
- Telestes Bonaparte, 1840
- Tropidophoxinellus Stephanidis, 1974
- Turcichondrostoma Turan, Küçük, Güçlü & Aksu 2021
- Vimba Fitzinger, 1873
The extinct genus †Palaeoleuciscus Obrhelová, 1969 is known from the Early Miocene of Europe.[3] A well-preserved fossil specimen of an indeterminate leuciscine is known from the Pliocene of the Chotanagpur Plateau of India, suggesting that leuciscines also inhabited India during this time.[4]
References
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ Gaudant, Jean (1994-03-01). "Sur la présence du genrePalaeoleuciscus ObrhelovÁ (Poissons téléostéens, Cyprinidae) dans le Miocène inférieur ou moyen (?) du Dietrichsberg, près de Vacha (Thuringe)". PalZ (in German). 68 (1): 223–243. doi:10.1007/BF02989442. ISSN 1867-6812.
- ^ Hazra, Manoshi; Hazra, Taposhi; Bera, Subir; Khan, Mahasin Ali (2020-10-25). "Occurrence of a Cyprinid Fish (Leuciscinae) from Latest Neogene (?Pliocene) Sediments of Chotanagpur Plateau, Eastern India" (PDF). Current Science. 119 (8): 1367. doi:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1367-1370. ISSN 0011-3891.