Leuciscinae

Leuciscinae
Common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835 [1]
Genera
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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 gneus 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 [[Ludwig Heinrich Jeitteles|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

References

1. 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.
2. 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.