Petroleuciscus
| Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Petroleuciscus Bogutskaya, 2002 |
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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 chubs and daces.
Species
- Petroleuciscus borysthenicus (Kessler, 1859) (Black Sea chub)
- Petroleuciscus esfahani Coad & Bogutskaya, 2010
- Petroleuciscus kurui (Bogutskaya, 1995)
- Petroleuciscus persidis (Coad, 1981)
- Petroleuciscus smyrnaeus (Boulenger, 1896)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Petroleuciscus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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