Pseudophoxinus

Pseudophoxinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pseudophoxinus
Bleeker, 1860
Species

26, and see text

Pseudophoxinus is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. They occur mainly in the eastern Mediterranean region, in particular in and around Asia Minor.

This genus contains the following species, with new ones being described on a regular basis:[1]

The Paskóviza (Telestes beoticus) is also included here by some authors.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b FishBase [2009]
  2. ^ Freyhof; Özulug (2010). "Pseudophoxinus hittitorum, a new species of spring minnow from Central Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 21 (3): 239–245. http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief21_3_06.pdf. 

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