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Petroleuciscus
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Petroleuciscus

Petroleuciscus is a genus of four species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It was usually included in Leuciscus until recently. This genus unites the Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces. Recent research has indicated that Petroleuciscus esfahani is probably a synonym of Alburnus doriae.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Black Sea Chub

speciesPetroleuciscus borysthenicus

Petroleuciscus squaliusculus

speciesPetroleuciscus squaliusculus

Petroleuciscus aphipsi

speciesPetroleuciscus aphipsi

Izmir Chub

speciesPetroleuciscus smyrnaeus

Petroleuciscus ninae

speciesPetroleuciscus ninae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90962.