Leuciscinae
The Leuciscinae, commonly known as true minnows, are a large subfamily of the freshwater fish family Cyprinidae.[1]
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| Sand shiner (Notropis stramineus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae Howes, 1991 |
Smaller fish in the Leuciscinae are known as minnows. However, the term minnow is also used as an unspecific term for tiny freshwater and saltwater fish, especially those used as fishing bait.
Genera
- Abramis (common bream)
- Acanthobrama (bleaks)
- Achondrostoma
- Acrocheilus (chiselmouth)
- Agosia (longfin dace)
- Algansea (Mexican chubs)
- Anaecypris (Spanish minnowcarp)
- Aztecula (Aztec chub)
- Ballerus (breams)
- Blicca (Silver bream)
- Campostoma (stonerollers)
- Chondrostoma (typical nases)
- Chrosomus (typical daces)
- Clinostomus (redside daces)
- Codoma (ornate shiner)
- Coreoleuciscus (ornate shiner)
- Couesius (lake chub)
- Cyprinella (satinfin shiners)
- Delminichthys
- Dionda (desert minnows)
- Eremichthys (desert dace)
- Ericymba (longjaw minnows)
- Erimystax (slender chubs)
- †Evarra (Mexican daces)
- Exoglossum (cutlips minnows)
- Gila (western chubs)
- Hemitremia (flame chub)
- Hesperoleucus (California roach)
- Hybognathus (silvery minnows)
- Hybopsis (bigeye chubs)
- Iberochondrostoma
- Iberocypris
- Iotichthys (least chub)
- Kottelatia
- Ladigesocypris
- Lavinia (hitch)
- Lepidomeda (spinedaces)
- Leucalburnus
- Leucaspius (moderlieschen)
- Leuciscus (Eurasian dace)
- Leucos
- Luxilus (highscale shiners)
- Lythrurus (finescale shiners)
- Macrhybopsis (blacktail chubs)
- Margariscus (daces)
- Meda (pikedace)
- Moapa (moapa dace)
- Mylocheilus (peamouth)
- Mylopharodon (hardheads)
- Nocomis (hornyhead chubs)
- Notemigonus (golden shiner)
- Notropis (eastern shiners)
- Opsopoeodus (pugnose minnow)
- Oregonichthys (Oregon chubs)
- Orthodon (Sacramento blackfish)
- Pachychilon
- Parachondrostoma
- Pararhinichthys (cheat minnow)
- Pelasgus
- Pelecus (sabre carp)
- Petroleuciscus (Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces)
- Phenacobius (suckermouth minnows)
- Phoxinellus
- Phoxinus (Eurasian minnows and daces)
- Pimephales (bluntnose minnows)
- Plagopterus (woundfin)
- Platygobio (flathead chub)
- Pogonichthys (splittails)
- Protochondrostoma
- Pseudochondrostoma
- Pseudophoxinus
- Pteronotropis (flagfin shiners)
- Ptychocheilus (pikeminnows)
- Rasbosoma (dwarf scissortail rasbora)
- Relictus (relict dace)
- Rhinichthys (riffle daces, loach minnows) (including Tiaroga)
- Rhynchocypris (Eurasian minnows)
- Richardsonius (redside shiners)
- Rutilus (katum, perlfish and roach)
- Sarmarutilus (South European roach)
- Scardinius (rudd)
- Semotilus (creek chubs)
- Siphateles
- Snyderichthys (leatherside chub)
- Squalius (European chubs)
- †Stypodon
- Tampichthys
- Telestes
- Tinca tinca (tench)
- Tribolodon
- Tropidophoxinellus
- Vimba
- Yuriria
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References
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