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Leuciscus

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Taxonomy

Leuciscus was named by Cuvier (1817).

It was assigned to Cyprinidae by Sauvage (1870), Sauvage (1873) and Woodward (1901); and to Cyprininae by Hay (1902).

Species

L. (Scardinius), L. (Squalius), L. arciferus, L. bairdii, L. brevis, L. cephalon, L. gracilis, L. hartmanni, L. heterurus, L. laminatus, L. latiusculus, L. leptus, L. oeningensis, L. poeticus, L. pusillus, L. reddingi, L. turneri

Species lacking formal opinion data

L. antunesi, L. souffia

Synonyms

Oligobelus was named by Cope (1870).

It was synonymized subjectively with Leuciscus by Hay (1902).
Squalius was named by Bonaparte (1837). It is extant.

It was reranked as Leuciscus (Squalius) by Sauvage (1873); it was synonymized subjectively with Leuciscus by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Leuciscus by Sauvage (1873).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1817	Leuciscus Cuvier
1837	Squalius Bonaparte p. 186
1870	Oligobelus Cope
1870	Leuciscus Sauvage p. 12
1873	Leuciscus Sauvage p. 173
1873	Leuciscus (Squalius) Sauvage p. 186
1901	Leuciscus Woodward p. 305
1902	Leuciscus Hay p. 396

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Teleosteomorpha
—	Teleostei	(Müller 1846)
—	Osteoglossocephalai
—	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
—	Otomorpha
—	Ostariophysi	(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—	Otophysa
superorder	Cyprinae
order	Cypriniformes	Bleeker 1859
family	Cyprinidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Leuciscus	Cuvier 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Leuciscus Cuvier 1817

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Subg. †Leuciscus (Scardinius) Sauvage 1873

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†Leuciscus (Scardinius) dumerilii Sauvage 1870

†Leuciscus (Scardinius) sicanus Sauvage 1873

Subg. Leuciscus (Squalius) Bonaparte 1837

†Leuciscus arciferus Cope 1870

†Leuciscus bairdii Cope 1870

†Leuciscus brevis Agassiz 1839

†Leuciscus cephalon Zenker 1833

†Leuciscus gracilis Agassiz 1839

†Leuciscus hartmanni Agassiz 1839

†Leuciscus heterurus Agassiz 1832

†Leuciscus laminatus Cope 1870

†Leuciscus latiusculus Agassiz 1839

†Leuciscus leptus Agassiz 1832

†Leuciscus oeningensis Agassiz 1832

†Leuciscus poeticus Cope 1870

†Leuciscus pusillus Agassiz 1835

†Leuciscus reddingi Cope 1883

†Leuciscus turneri Lucas 1900

Invalid names: Oligobelus Cope 1870 [synonym], Squalius Bonaparte 1837 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

freshwatero

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

omnivoreo

Created:

2009-07-20 20:40:14

Modified:

2017-04-17 10:32:02

Source: o = order, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 21 to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (41 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
MP 21	33.9 - 28.4	Czech Republic	L. colei, L. stephani, L. brevis (184466)
MP 23	33.9 - 28.4	Switzerland (Canton Jura)	L. sp. (183544)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Romania	Scardinius sp. (50344)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	Turkey	L. etilius (123307)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.03 - 11.608	Spain (Castile-La Mancha)	L. sp. (136269)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	USA (Nevada)	L. turneri (222558)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	China (Shandong)	L. micenicus (41810)
MN 6	13.65 - 12.75	Portugal (Santarém)	L. antunesi (38137 38139 38157)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Germany (Bavaria)	L. sp. (206345) L. sp., Scardinius sp. (34256)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Turkey (Yalova)	L. sp., Scardinius sp. (184470)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Moldova	L. sp., Scardinius sp. (152254)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast')	L. sp., Scardinius sp. (174455)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy	L. dumerilii (185692)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy (Emilia-Romagna)	L. oeningensis (210236)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Moldova	Scardinius sp. (198590)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Turkey	Squalius sp. (234457)
Ruscinian	5.333 - 3.2	Spain (Granada)	L. pyrenaicus (35252)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Spain	L. pachecoi (47790)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Ukraine (Odessa)	L. sp., Scardinius nordmani (76502)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Armenia (Ararat)	L. souffia, L. sp. (219091)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Spain (Granada)	L. pyrenaicus (35258 35259)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	Spain (Granada)	L. pyrenaicus (35179)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	Spain (Andalucia)	L. pyrenaicus (35231 35239)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Spain (Alcolea de Calatrava)	Squalius sp. (224542)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	Scardinius erythrophthalmus (199747)
Villanyian	3.2 - 2.588	Slovakia	Scardinius erythrophthalmus (41026)
Villanyian	3.2 - 2.588	Spain (Granada)	L. pyrenaicus (35229)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	United Kingdom (England)	L. rutilus (77751)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Spain (Andalucia)	L. pyrenaicus (36760)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene	1.8 - 0.129	Spain (Granada)	L. pyrenaicus (35078)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Hungary (Budapest)	L. idus, L. cephalus, Scardinius erythropthalmus (35474)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	United Kingdom (Norfolk)	L. erythrophthalmus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	United Kingdom (England)	L. cephalus (78015) L. rutilus (77754)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	United Kingdom	L. sp., Scardinius erythrophthalmus (34981)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Russian Federation	L. baicalensis (171637)