Alburninae
Alburninae is a small subfamily of the carp and minnow family of ray-finned fish, the Cyprinidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously considered to be part of the Leuciscinae, however, if the three Alburninae genera are included in that subfamily it is paraphyletic. The Alburninae is still a contentious group and some authorities consider it to consist of two distinct clades, making it biphyletic.[3]
| Alburninae | |
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| Alburnus alburnus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Alburninae Girard, 1858[1] |
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References
- "Alburninae Girard, 1858". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- "Fish Identification: Find Species Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Minnows or carps Subfamily: Alburninae". Fishbase. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- Gilles A; Lecointre G; Faure E; Chappaz R; Brun G. (1998). "Mitochondrial phylogeny of the European cyprinids: implications for their systematics, reticulate evolution, and colonization time (abstract)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10 (1): 132–143. doi:10.1006/mpev.1997.0480. PMID 9751923.
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