Leuciscinae

Leuciscinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the fishes known as daces, chubs, shiners and minnows. The fishes in this subfamily are mainly found in Eurasia, with one genus (Notemigonus) in North America.

==Genera== Leuciscinae contains the following genera: Abramis Cuvier, 1816 (common bream) Acanthobrama Heckel 1843 (bleaks) Achondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007 Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861 (riffle minnows) Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820 (bleaks) Anaecypris Collares-Pereira, 1983 (Spanish minnowcarp) Aspiolucius Berg, 1907 (pike-asp) Ballerus Heckel, 1843 (breams) Blicca Heckel, 1843 (silver bream) Capoetobrama Berg, 1916 (sharpray) Chondrostoma Agassiz, 1832 (typical nases) Delminichthys Freyhof, Lieckfeldt, Bogutskaya, Pitra & Ludwig, 2006 Egirdira Freyhof, 2022 Iberochondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007 Ladigesocypris M. S. Karaman 1972 Leucalburnus Berg, 1916 Leucaspius Heckel & Kner, 1857 (moderlieschen) Leuciscus Cuvier, 1816 (Eurasian dace) Leucos Heckel, 1843 Mirogrex Goren, Fishelson & Trewavas, 1973 Notemigonus Rafinesque, 1819 (golden shiner) Orthroleucos Derjavin, 1937 Pachychilon Steindachner, 1882 Parachondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007 Pelasgus Kottelat & Freyhof, 2007 Pelecus Agassiz, 1835 (sabre carp) Petroleuciscus Bogutskaya, 2002 (Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces) Phoxinellus Heckel, 1843 Protochondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007 Pseudochondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007 Pseudophoxinus Bleeker, 1860 Rutilus Rafinesque, 1820 (katum, pearlfish and roach) Sarmarutilus Bianco & Ketmaier, 2014 (South European roach) Scardinius Bonaparte, 1837 (rudd) Squalius Bonaparte, 1837 (European chubs) Telestes Bonaparte, 1840 Tropidophoxinellus Stephanidis, 1974 Turcichondrostoma Turan, Küçük, Güçlü & Aksu 2021 Vimba Fitzinger, 1873 thumb|The extinct minnow Palaeoleuciscus The extinct genus †Palaeoleuciscus Obrhelová, 1969 is known from the Early Miocene of Europe. A well-preserved fossil specimen of an indeterminate leuciscine is known from the Pliocene of the Chotanagpur Plateau of India, suggesting that leuciscines also inhabited India during this time.