Leuciscus
Encyclopedia
Leuciscus is a genus
of fish
belonging to the family
Cyprinidae. They are commonly called Eurasian dace
s; familiar species
include the Common Dace
and Ide. The genus is widespread form Europe
to Siberia
.
The European chub
s were formerly included in this genus; they are now usually separated in Squalius
. But delimitation of Leuciscus and Squalius is not completely resolved; some species have been moved from one genus to the other only in recent years. Petroleuciscus
and Telestes
have also been split off from Leuciscus in recent times; for ther latter the same holds true as for Squalius regarding the unclear delimitations.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
belonging to the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Cyprinidae. They are commonly called Eurasian dace
Dace
A dace is any of a number of species of small fish. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the Common Dace . This, like most fishes called "daces", belongs to the family Cyprinidae, mostly in subfamily Leuciscinae....
s; familiar species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
include the Common Dace
Common dace
The common dace , also known as the dace or the Eurasian dace, is a fresh- or brackish-water fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. It is an inhabitant of the rivers and streams of Europe north of the Alps as well as in Asia. It is most abundant in France and Germany, and has also spread to...
and Ide. The genus is widespread form Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
.
The European chub
Chub
The European chub , sometimes called the round chub, fat chub, chevin, pollard or simply "the" chub, is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae...
s were formerly included in this genus; they are now usually separated in Squalius
Squalius
Squalius is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae, containing the European chubs . This genus belongs to the subfamily Leuciscinae as other chubs and daces generally do....
. But delimitation of Leuciscus and Squalius is not completely resolved; some species have been moved from one genus to the other only in recent years. Petroleuciscus
Petroleuciscus
Petroleuciscus is a genus of five species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It was usually included in Leuciscus until recently...
and Telestes
Telestes
Telestes is a genus of cyprinid fish. It was formerly usually included in Leuciscus. There are currently 12 described species.- Species :* Telestes beoticus * Telestes croaticus...
have also been split off from Leuciscus in recent times; for ther latter the same holds true as for Squalius regarding the unclear delimitations.
Species
- Leuciscus baicalensis (Dybowski, 1874)
- Leuciscus bearnensis (BlanchardÉmile BlanchardCharles Émile Blanchard was a French zoologist and entomologist.Blanchard was born in Paris. His father was an artist and naturalist and Émile began natural history very early in life. When he was 14 years old, Jean Victoire Audouin , allowed him access to the laboratory of the Muséum national...
, 1866) (Bearn beaked Dace) - Leuciscus bergi Kashkarov, 1925
- Leuciscus burdigalensisLeuciscus burdigalensisLeuciscus burdigalensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leuciscus....
ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1844 - Leuciscus chuanchicusLeuciscus chuanchicusLeuciscus chuanchicus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leuciscus....
(KesslerKarl Fedorovich KesslerKarl Fedorovich Kessler was a German-Russian zoologist and author of zoological taxa signed Kessler, who was mostly active in Kiev, Ukraine and conducted most of his studies of birds in Ukrainian regions of the Russian Empire - Kiev Governorate, Volyn Governorate, Kherson Governorate, Poltava...
, 1876) - Leuciscus danilewskii (KesslerKarl Fedorovich KesslerKarl Fedorovich Kessler was a German-Russian zoologist and author of zoological taxa signed Kessler, who was mostly active in Kiev, Ukraine and conducted most of his studies of birds in Ukrainian regions of the Russian Empire - Kiev Governorate, Volyn Governorate, Kherson Governorate, Poltava...
, 1877) (Danilevskii's dace) - Leuciscus dzungaricusLeuciscus dzungaricusLeuciscus dzungaricus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leuciscus....
Paepke & F. Koch, 1998 - Leuciscus gaderanusLeuciscus gaderanusLeuciscus gaderanus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leuciscus....
Günther, 1899 - Leuciscus idus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ide)
- Leuciscus latusLeuciscus latusLeuciscus latus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leuciscus....
(KeyserlingEugen von KeyserlingEugen von Keyserling was a German arachnologist.He was the author of Die Spinnen Amerikas, and completed Die Arachniden Australiens on behalf of Ludwig Carl Christian Koch.-External links:...
, 1861) - Leuciscus lehmanni J. F. BrandtJohann Friedrich von BrandtJohann Friedrich von Brandt was a German naturalist.Brandt was born in Jüterbog and educated at a gymnasium in Wittenberg and the University of Berlin. In 1831 he was appointed director of the Zoological Department at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, where he published in Russian...
, 1852 (Zeravshan dace) - Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common dace)
- Leuciscus lindbergiLeuciscus lindbergiLeuciscus lindbergi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leuciscus....
Zanin & Eremejev, 1934 - Leuciscus merzbacheriLeuciscus merzbacheriLeuciscus merzbacheri is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leuciscus....
(ZugmayerErich ZugmayerErich Johann Georg Zugmayer was an Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist-Species described by Zugmayer:* Benthalbella infans Zugmayer, 1911* Cetostoma regani Zugmayer, 1914...
, 1912) - Leuciscus oxyrrhis (La Blanchère, 1873) (Long-snout dace)
- Leuciscus schmidti (Herzenstein, 1896)
- Leuciscus waleckii (Dybowski, 1869) (Amur Ide)