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Petroleuciscus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Petroleuciscus

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Cyprinidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Cypriniformes

Lower classifications
  
Dnieper chub, Petroleuciscus smyrnaeus

Petroleuciscus is a genus of seven 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)
  • Petroleuciscus squaliusculus (Kessler, 1872) (Syr-Darya dace)
  • Petroleuciscus ulanus (Günther, 1899)

    • References

    Petroleuciscus Wikipedia
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