Pelasgus (fish)
Appearance
Pelasgus | |
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Epiros minnow (Pelasgus thesproticus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Pelasgus Kottelat & Freyhof, 2007 |
Type species | |
Pseudophoxinus laconicus Kottelat & Barbieri, 2004
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Pelasgus is a genus of cyprinid fishes that is only found in the Balkans. There are currently seven described species in this genus.
Species
- Pelasgus epiroticus (Steindachner, 1895)
- Pelasgus laconicus (Kottelat & Barbieri, 2004) (Evrotas minnow)
- Pelasgus marathonicus (Vinciguerra, 1921) (Marathon minnow)
- Pelasgus minutus (S. L. Karaman, 1924) (Ohrid minnow)
- Pelasgus prespensis (S. L. Karaman, 1924) (Prespa minnow)
- Pelasgus stymphalicus (Valenciennes, 1844) (dáska)
- Pelasgus thesproticus (Stephanidis, 1939) (Epiros minnow)
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pelasgus". FishBase. August 2011 version.