Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Synonym: Varhostichthys Obrhelová 1969

Parent taxon: Cyprinidae according to J. Gaudant et al. 2018

See also Gaudant 1996

Sister taxa: Acheilognathinae, Acrocheilus, Alisodon, Amblypharyngodon, Amyzon, Aspius, Barbinae, Barbus, Cultrinae, Cyprininae, Cyprinion, Cyprinus, Danioninae, Ecocarpia, Esox destructus, Gila, Gobio, Gobioninae, Hexapsephus, Idadon, Iquius, Labeoninae, Lavinia, Leuciscinae, Leuciscus, Mylocyprinus, Nemachilus, Opsariichthyinae, Orthodon, Palaeoleuciscus, Palaeotinca, Phoxininae, Planktophaga, Ptychocheilus, Puntius, Rhodeus, Siphateles, Squaliobarbinae, Thynichthys, Tinca, Tincinae, Xenocyprinae

Subtaxa: Protothymallus elongata

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (unspecified collection) (Oligocene of France)

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