Phoxinus Explained

Phoxinus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae of order Cypriniformes, and the only members of the subfamily Phoxininae, or Eurasian minnows.^{[1] [2]} The type species is Phoxinus phoxinus. The other species in this genus are also commonly known as minnows. The name "minnow" was what early English fisherman used to describe "small and insignificant". The genus Phoxinus is found throughout Eurasia, and includes 21 known species. Previously, members of the North American genus Chrosomus were also believed to form part of this genus.^[3]

Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:

• Phoxinus apollonicus Bianco & De Bonis, 2015 ^[4]
• Phoxinus bigerri Kottelat, 2007 (Adour minnow)
• Phoxinus brachyurus L. S. Berg, 1912 (Seven River's minnow)
• Phoxinus colchicus L. S. Berg, 1910
• Phoxinus grumi L. S. Berg, 1907
• Phoxinus issykkulensis L. S. Berg, 1912 (Issyk-kul' minnow)
• Phoxinus jouyi (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
• Phoxinus karsticus Bianco & De Bonis, 2015 ^[4]
• Phoxinus keumkang (M. K. Chyung, 1977)
• Phoxinus ketmaieri Bianco & De Bonis, 2015 ^[4]
• Phoxinus kumgangensis L. T. Kim, 1980

• Phoxinus laevis Fitzinger, 1832 syn. P. phoxinus below^[5]
• Phoxinus likai Bianco & De Bonis, 2015 ^[4]

• Phoxinus lumaireul Schinz, 1840 syn. P. phoxinus below^[6]
• Phoxinus oxyrhynchus (T. Mori, 1930)
• Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Eurasian minnow)
• Phoxinus semotilus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1905)
• Phoxinus septimaniae Kottelat, 2007
• Phoxinus steindachneri Sauvage, 1883
• Phoxinus strandjae Drensky, 1926 (Bulgarian minnow)
• Phoxinus strymonicus Kottelat, 2007 (Aegean minnow)
• Phoxinus tchangi X. Y. Chen, 1988
• Phoxinus ujmonensis Kaschenko, 1899

Notes and References

1. Schönhuth. Susana. Vukić. Jasna. Šanda. Radek . Yang. Lei. Mayden. Richard L.. 2018-10-01. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Holarctic family Leuciscidae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinoidei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. en. 127. 781–799. 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.026. 29913311. 49292104 . 1055-7903.
2. Web site: 9 February 2024. Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily PHOXININAE Bleeker 1863 (Eurasian Minnows). 12 March 2024. The ETYFish Project. en-US.
3. Strange, R.M. & Mayden, R.L. (2009): Phylogenetic Relationships and a Revised Taxonomy for North American Cyprinids Currently Assigned to Phoxinus (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). Copeia, 2009 (3): 494–501.
4. Bianco, P.G. & De Bonis, S. (2015): A taxonomic study on the genus Phoxinus (Acthinopterigy, Cyprinidae) from Italy and western Balkans with description of four new species: P. ketmaieri, P. karsticus, P. apollonicus and P. likai. In: Bianco, P.G. & de Filippo, G. (Eds.), Researches on Wildlife Conservation, 4 IGF Publ., USA., . pp. 1–22.
5. Nakane . Yusuke . Yoshimura . Takashi . Photoperiodic Regulation of Reproduction in Vertebrates . . . 7 . 1 . 2019-02-15 . 2165-8102 . 10.1146/annurev-animal-020518-115216 . 173–194. 30332291 . 52984435 .
6. Distribution of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus: Cypriniformes) in the Western Balkans . 10.1051/kmae/2017051 . 2018 . Vucić . Matej . Jelić . Dušan . Žutinić . Petar . Grandjean . Frédéric . Jelić . Mišel . Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems . 419 . 11 . free .