Petroleuciscus

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Petroleuciscus
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Black Sea Chub (Petroleuciscus borysthenicus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Petroleuciscus
Bogutskaya, 2002 [1]
Type species
Squalius borysthenicus
Kessler, 1859 [1]

Petroleuciscus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. It was usually included in Leuciscus until recently. This genus unites the Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces. Recent research has indicated that Petroleuciscus esfahani is probably a synonym of Alburnus doriae . [2]

Species

The genus Petroleuciscus contains the following valid species: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Tooba Mommadian-Kalat; Hamod Reza Esmaeli; Mansour Aliabadian; Jorg Freyhof (2017). "Re-description of Alburnus doriae, with comments on the taxonomic status of A. amirkabiri, A. mossulensis, A. sellal and Petroleuciscus esfahani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Zootaxa. 4323 (4). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4323.4.3.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Petroleuciscus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 May 2025.


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