Leuciscinae


Leuciscinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the fishes known as daces, chubs, shiners and minnows. The fishes in this subfamily are mainly found in Eurasia, with one genus in North America.

Genera

Leuciscinae contains the following genera:Abramis Cuvier, 1816 Acanthobrama Heckel 1843 Achondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861 Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820 Anaecypris Collares-Pereira, 1983 Aspiolucius Berg, 1907 Ballerus Heckel, 1843 Blicca Heckel, 1843 Capoetobrama Berg, 1916 Chondrostoma Agassiz, 1832 Delminichthys Freyhof, Lieckfeldt, Bogutskaya, Pitra & Ludwig, 2006Egirdira Freyhof, 2022Iberochondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007Ladigesocypris M. S. Karaman 1972Leucalburnus Berg, 1916Leucaspius Heckel & Kner, 1857 Leuciscus Cuvier, 1816 Leucos Heckel, 1843Mirogrex Goren, Fishelson & Trewavas, 1973Notemigonus Rafinesque, 1819 Pachychilon Steindachner, 1882Parachondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007Pelasgus Kottelat & Freyhof, 2007Pelecus Agassiz, 1835 Petroleuciscus Bogutskaya, 2002 Phoxinellus Heckel, 1843Protochondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007Pseudochondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007Pseudophoxinus Bleeker, 1860Rutilus Rafinesque, 1820 Sarmarutilus Bianco & Ketmaier, 2014 Scardinius Bonaparte, 1837 Squalius Bonaparte, 1837 Telestes Bonaparte, 1840Tropidophoxinellus Stephanidis, 1974Turcichondrostoma Turan, Küçük, Güçlü & Aksu 2021Vimba Fitzinger, 1873
The extinct genus †Palaeoleuciscus Obrhelová, 1969 is known from the Early Miocene of Europe. A well-preserved fossil specimen of an indeterminate leuciscine is known from the Pliocene of the Chotanagpur Plateau of India, suggesting that leuciscines also inhabited India during this time.