Aspius
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Aspius is a genus of Eurasian cyprinid
fish. There are currently two recognized species in the genus.
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish. There are currently two recognized species in the genus.
Species
- Aspius aspius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Asp)
- Aspius vorax HeckelJohann Jakob HeckelJohann Jakob Heckel was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim.Though not a formally trained zoologist he worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become the director of the Fish Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna...
, 1843