Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae Minnows
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Leuciscus

(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)
Show family drawing(s)



19 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:

Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
n = 19

Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Leuciscus aspius Asp Europe and Asia 120 TL 1758
Leuciscus baicalensis Siberian dace Asia 16 SL 1874
Leuciscus bearnensis Bearn beaked dace Europe 28 SL 1866
Leuciscus bergi Issyk-Kul dace Asia 1925
Leuciscus burdigalensis Europe 40 SL 1844
Leuciscus chuanchicus Asia 25.8 SL 1876
Leuciscus danilewskii Danilevskii's dace Europe 24 SL 1877
Leuciscus dzungaricus Asia 1998
Leuciscus gaderanus Asia 1899
Leuciscus idus Ide Europe and Asia 85 SL 1758
Leuciscus latus Asia 1861
Leuciscus lehmanni Zeravshan dace Former USSR. 20.4 SL 1852
Leuciscus leuciscus Common dace Europe and Asia 40 TL 1758
Leuciscus lindbergi Asia. 1934
Leuciscus merzbacheri Asia 24.4 SL 1912
Leuciscus oxyrrhis Long-snout dace Europe 40 SL 1873
Leuciscus schmidti Schmidt's dace Asia 37.5 TL 1896
Leuciscus vorax Tigris asp Asia 102 TL 1843
Leuciscus waleckii Amur ide Asia 37 TL 1869



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013