Phoxinus
| Phoxinus | |
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| Phoxinus apollonicus | |
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| Phoxinus bigerri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Phoxininae |
| Genus: | Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus phoxinus | |
| Synonyms | |
Phoxinus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. The type species is Phoxinus phoxinus. The other species in this genus are also commonly known as minnows. The name "minnow" was what early English fisherman used to describe "small and insignificant". The genus Phoxinus is found throughout Eurasia, and includes 21 known species.[1] Previously, members of the North American genus Chrosomus were also believed to form part of this genus.[2]
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
- Phoxinus apollonicus Bianco & De Bonis, 2015 [3]
- Phoxinus bigerri Kottelat, 2007 (Adour minnow)
- Phoxinus brachyurus L. S. Berg, 1912 (Seven River's minnow)
- Phoxinus colchicus L. S. Berg, 1910
- Phoxinus grumi L. S. Berg, 1907
- Phoxinus issykkulensis L. S. Berg, 1912 (Issyk-kul' minnow)
- Phoxinus jouyi (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Phoxinus karsticus Bianco & De Bonis, 2015 [3]
- Phoxinus keumkang (M. K. Chyung, 1977)
- Phoxinus ketmaieri Bianco & De Bonis, 2015 [3]
- Phoxinus kumgangensis L. T. Kim, 1980
- Phoxinus likai Bianco & De Bonis, 2015 [3]
- Phoxinus oxyrhynchus (T. Mori, 1930)
- Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Eurasian minnow)
- Phoxinus semotilus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1905)
- Phoxinus septimaniae Kottelat, 2007
- Phoxinus steindachneri Sauvage, 1883
- Phoxinus strandjae Drensky, 1926 (Bulgarian minnow)
- Phoxinus strymonicus Kottelat, 2007 (Aegean minnow)
- Phoxinus tchangi X. Y. Chen, 1988
- Phoxinus ujmonensis Kaschenko, 1899
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Phoxinus in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ^ Strange, R.M. & Mayden, R.L. (2009): Phylogenetic Relationships and a Revised Taxonomy for North American Cyprinids Currently Assigned to Phoxinus (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). Copeia, 2009 (3): 494-501.
- ^ a b c d Bianco, P.G. & De Bonis, S. (2015): A taxonomic study on the genus Phoxinus (Acthinopterigy, Cyprinidae) from Italy and western Balkans with description of four new species: P. ketmaieri, P. karsticus, P. apollonicus and P. likai. In: Bianco, P.G. & de Filippo, G. (Eds.), Researches on Wildlife Conservation, 4 IGF Publ., USA., ISBN 978-1-326-47086-9. pp. 1–22.