Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Synonyms: Oligobelus Cope 1870, Squalius Bonaparte 1837
Parent taxon: Cyprinidae according to A. S. Woodward 1901
See also Hay 1902, Sauvage 1870 and Sauvage 1873
Sister taxa: Acheilognathinae, Acrocheilus, Alisodon, Amblypharyngodon, Amyzon, Aspius, Barbinae, Barbus, Cultrinae, Cyprininae, Cyprinion, Cyprinus, Danioninae, Ecocarpia, Esox destructus, Gila, Gobio, Gobioninae, Hexapsephus, Iquius, Labeoninae, Lavinia, Leuciscinae, Mylocyprinus, Nemachilus, Opsariichthyinae, Orthodon, Palaeoleuciscus, Palaeotinca, Phoxininae, Planktophaga, Protothymallus, Ptychocheilus, Puntius, Rhodeus, Siphateles, Squaliobarbinae, Thynichthys, Tinca, Tincinae, Xenocyprinae
Subtaxa: Leuciscus (Scardinius) Leuciscus (Squalius) Leuciscus arciferus Leuciscus bairdii Leuciscus brevis Leuciscus cephalon Leuciscus gracilis Leuciscus hartmanni Leuciscus heterurus Leuciscus laminatus Leuciscus latiusculus Leuciscus leptus Leuciscus oeningensis Leuciscus poeticus Leuciscus pusillus Leuciscus reddingi Leuciscus turneri
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Hungary (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Spain (3)
• Pliocene of Armenia (1), Germany (1), Moldova (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (6), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Germany (2), Italy (2), Moldova (1), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Turkey (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Romania (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 41 collections including 52 occurrences
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