Petroleuciscus
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Petroleuciscus is a genus of five species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It was usually included in Leuciscus
until recently. This genus unites the Ponto-Caspian chub
s and dace
s.
Leuciscus
Leuciscus is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are commonly called Eurasian daces; familiar species include the Common Dace and Ide. The genus is widespread form Europe to Siberia....
until recently. This genus unites the Ponto-Caspian chub
Chub
The European chub , sometimes called the round chub, fat chub, chevin, pollard or simply "the" chub, is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae...
s and dace
Dace
A dace is any of a number of species of small fish. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the Common Dace . This, like most fishes called "daces", belongs to the family Cyprinidae, mostly in subfamily Leuciscinae....
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Species
- Petroleuciscus borysthenicus (KesslerKarl Fedorovich KesslerKarl Fedorovich Kessler was a German-Russian zoologist and author of zoological taxa signed Kessler, who was mostly active in Kiev, Ukraine and conducted most of his studies of birds in Ukrainian regions of the Russian Empire - Kiev Governorate, Volyn Governorate, Kherson Governorate, Poltava...
, 1859) (Black Sea Chub) - Petroleuciscus esfahani Coad & Bogutskaya, 2010
- Petroleuciscus kurui (Bogutskaya, 1995)
- Petroleuciscus persidis (Coad, 1981)
- Petroleuciscus smyrnaeusPetroleuciscus smyrnaeusPetroleuciscus smyrnaeus is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found in Greece and Turkey.Its natural habitat is rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1896)