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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