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Petroleuciscus
Sign in to savePetroleuciscus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. 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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Petroleuciscus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. 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.
== Species == The genus Petroleuciscus contains the following valid species: Petroleuciscus aphipsi (Aleksandrov, 1927) (Aphips chub) Petroleuciscus borysthenicus (Kessler, 1859) (Dnieper chub) Petroleuciscus ninae Turan, Kalayci, Kaya, Bektaş & Küçük, 2018 Petroleuciscus smyrnaeus (Boulenger, 1896) (Izmir chub) Petroleuciscus squaliusculus (Kessler, 1872) (Syr-darya dace)
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