Petroleuciscus
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Petroleuciscus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Petroleuciscus Bogutskaya, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Squalius borysthenicus Kessler, 1859
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Petroleuciscus is a genus of four species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. 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.[1]
Species
- Petroleuciscus borysthenicus (Kessler, 1859) (Dnieper chub)
- Petroleuciscus esfahani Coad & Bogutskaya, 2010
- Petroleuciscus kurui (Bogutskaya, 1995) (Tigris chub)
- Petroleuciscus smyrnaeus (Boulenger, 1896)
References
- ↑ 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Petroleuciscus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3767837 entry
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