Petroleuciscus

Short description: Genus of fishes

Petroleuciscus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Cyprinidae
Subfamily:  | Leuciscinae
Genus:  | Petroleuciscus
Bogutskaya, 2002
Type species
Squalius borysthenicus

Kessler, 1859

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

1. ↑ 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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