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, 2023Phoxinus adagumicus Artaev, Turbanov, Bolotovskiy, Gandlin & Levin, 2024Phoxinus 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, 1907Phoxinus 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, 2024Phoxinus septimaniae Kottelat, 2007 Phoxinus strandjae Drensky, 1926 Phoxinus strymonicus Kottelat, 2007 Phoxinus tchangi X. Y. Chen, 1988Phoxinus tumensis Luo, 1996Phoxinus ujmonensis Kaschenko, 1899A single fossil phoxinine is known, the genus †Palaeorutilus Gaudant, 1988 from the early to late Oligocene of Europe.