Pseudaspius

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Pseudaspius
Tribolodon hakonensis, -Higashiyama Zoo, -Nov. 2011 a.jpg
Big-scaled redfin (Pseudaspius hakonensis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pseudaspininae
Genus: Pseudaspius
Dybowski, 1869 [1]
Type species
Cyprinus leptocephalus
Pallas, 1776 [1]
Synonyms [1]

Pseudaspius, the redfin daces, [2] is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, true minnows and related fishes. The fishes in this genus arefound in marine and freshwater in eastern Asia, specifically the countries of Russia, Mongolia, China and Japan. Most species are diadromous into the Sea of Japan.

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Taxonomy

Pseudaspius was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1869 by the Polish zoologist Benedykt Dybowski with Cyprinus leptocephalus as its only species. [1] C. leptocephalus was first formally described in 1776 by the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas with its type locality given as Transbaikal. [3] The genus Triblodon is now considered to be a synonym of Pseudaspius. [4] This genus is classified within the subfamily Pseudaspininae of the family Leuciscidae. [1]

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pseudaspininae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Redfin Daces Genus Pseudaspius". iNaturalist.
  3. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudaspius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Harumi Sakai; Katsutoshi Watanabe; Akira Goto (2020). "A revised generic taxonomy for Far East Asian minnow Rhynchocypris and dace Pseudaspius". Ichthyological Research. 67. doi:10.1007/s10228-019-00726-5.
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