Phoxinus

Eurasian minnows Redbelly daces
Southern redbelly dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820[verification needed]
Species
see text
Synonyms
Rhynchocypris

Phoxinus is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (family Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. The type species is Phoxinus phoxinus, the Common Minnow. The North American members of this genus are known as redbelly daces, and the Old World ones as Eurasian minnows. The latter term is also used specifically for P. phoxinus in some regions, but can technically refer to any Eurasian species of Phoxinus.

The Blackside Dace (P. cumberlandensis), indigenous to the upper Cumberland River basin in Kentucky and Tennessee, is considered Vulnerable.

Species

• P. bigerri
• P. brachyurus - Seven River's minnow
• P. cumberlandensis - blackside dace
• P. czekanowskii - Czekanowski's minnow
• P. eos - northern redbelly dace
• P. erythrogaster - southern redbelly dace
• P. issykkulensis - Issyk-kul' minnow
• P. keumkang
• P. lagowskii - Amur minnow
• P. neogaeus - finescale dace
• P. oreas - mountain redbelly dace
• P. oxycephalus - Chinese minnow
• P. perenurus - lake minnow
• P. phoxinus - Common minnow
• P. septimaniae
• P. strymonicus
• P. tennesseensis - Tennessee dace

References

• "Phoxinus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.
• Phoxinus (TSN 163590). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 12 December 2004.