Phoxinus
Phoxinus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae of order Cypriniformes, and the only members of the subfamily Phoxininae, or Eurasian minnows. The other species in this genus are also commonly known as minnows. The name "minnow" was what early English fisherman used to describe "small and insignificant". The genus Phoxinus is found throughout Eurasia, and includes 21 known species. Previously, members of the North American genus Chrosomus were also believed to form part of this genus.
Species
Phoxinus contains the following species:- Phoxinus abanticus Turan, Bayçelebi, Özuluğ, Gaygusuz & Aksu, 2023
- Phoxinus adagumicus Artaev, Turbanov, Bolotovskiy, Gandlin & Levin, 2024
- Phoxinus bigerri Kottelat, 2007
- Phoxinus brachyurus Berg, 1912
- Phoxinus chrysoprasius
- Phoxinus colchicus Berg, 1910.
- Phoxinus csikii Hankó, 1922
- Phoxinus dragarum Denys, Dettaï, Persat, Daszkiewicz, Hautecoeur & Keith, 2020
- Phoxinus fayollarum Denys, Dettaï, Persat, Daszkiewicz, Hautecoeur & Keith, 2020
- Phoxinus grumi Berg, 1907
- Phoxinus isetensis
- Phoxinus issykkulensis Berg, 1912
- Phoxinus karsticus Bianco & De Bonis, 2015
- Phoxinus krkae Bogutskaya, Jelić, Vucić, Jelić, Diripasko, Stefanov & Klobučar, 2019
- Phoxinus lumaireul
- Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836
- Phoxinus oxyrhynchus
- Phoxinus phoxinus
- Phoxinus poljakowii Kessler, 1879
- Phoxinus radeki Bayçelebi, Aksu & Turan, 2024
- Phoxinus septimaniae Kottelat, 2007
- Phoxinus strandjae Drensky, 1926
- Phoxinus strymonicus Kottelat, 2007
- Phoxinus tchangi X. Y. Chen, 1988
- Phoxinus tumensis Luo, 1996
- Phoxinus ujmonensis Kaschenko, 1899