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Family: Leuciscidae Minnows



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Abramis brama Freshwater bream Europe and Asia 82 TL 1758
Acanthobrama centisquama Orontes bream Asia 20.2 SL 1843
Acanthobrama hadiyahensis Asia 1983
Acanthobrama lissneri Asia 12 TL 1952
Acanthobrama marmid Tigris bream Asia 29 TL 1843
Acanthobrama microlepis Blackbrow bleak Asia 25 TL 1863
Acanthobrama orontis Asia 17.6 TL 1949
Acanthobrama persidis Persian chub Asia 9.7 SL 1981
Acanthobrama telavivensis Eurasia 11 TL 1973
Acanthobrama thisbeae Asia 26.1 TL 2014
Acanthobrama tricolor Asia 1883
Acanthobrama urmianus Urmia Lake chub Asia 19 TL 1899
Achondrostoma arcasii Europe 25 TL 1866
Achondrostoma asturicense Europe 8.3 SL 2023
Achondrostoma garzonorum Europe 9.1 SL 2023
Achondrostoma numantinum Europe 7.8 SL 2023
Achondrostoma occidentale Europe 9.5 SL 2005
Achondrostoma oligolepis Europe 25 TL 2005
Achondrostoma salmantinum Europe 8.1 SL 2007
Acrocheilus alutaceus Chiselmouth North America 30 TL 1855
Agosia chrysogaster Longfin dace North America 10 TL 1856
Alburnoides bipunctatus Schneider Europe and Asia 18.5 TL 1782
Alburnoides coadi Coad's riffle minnow Asia 10.8 SL 2015
Alburnoides devolli Europe 9.5 SL 2010
Alburnoides economoui Europe 8.7 SL 2017
Alburnoides eichwaldii Kura chub Europe and Asia 11.3 SL 1863
Alburnoides emineae Beyazsu chub Asia 7.6 SL 2014
Alburnoides fangfangae Europe 7.3 SL 2010
Alburnoides fasciatus Transcaucasian spirlin Europe and Asia 13.8 TL 1840
Alburnoides freyhofi Asia 9.3 SL 2017
Alburnoides gmelini Europe 8.3 SL 2009
Alburnoides holciki Asia 10.2 SL 2012
Alburnoides idignensis Asia 9 SL 2009
Alburnoides kosswigi Asia 9.7 SL 2017
Alburnoides kubanicus Europe 1964
Alburnoides kurui Asia 9 SL 2017
Alburnoides maculatus Europe 7.3 SL 1859
Alburnoides manyasensis Manyas spirlin Asia 12.7 TL 2013
Alburnoides namaki Asia 9.7 SL 2009
Alburnoides nicolausi Asia 7.5 SL 2009
Alburnoides oblongus Tashkent riffle bleak Asia 14.2 TL 1923
Alburnoides ohridanus Europe 9 SL 1928
Alburnoides parhami Parham's riffle minnow Asia 8.0 TL 2015
Alburnoides petrubanarescui Asia 8.9 SL 2009
Alburnoides prespensis Europe 13.1 TL 1924
Alburnoides qanati Asia 7.3 SL 2009
Alburnoides recepi Recep's chub Asia 7.6 SL 2014
Alburnoides rossicus Europe 1924
Alburnoides samiii Samii's riffle minnow Asia 11.2 TL 2015
Alburnoides strymonicus Europe 8.3 SL 1940
Alburnoides tabarestanensis Tabarestan riffle minnow Asia 8.3 SL 2015
Alburnoides taeniatus Striped bystranka Former USSR 9 TL 1874
Alburnoides thessalicus Europe 9.1 SL 1950
Alburnoides turani Asia 10.1 SL 2020
Alburnoides varentsovi Asia 9.1 SL 2009
Alburnoides velioglui Velioglu's chub Asia 10.8 TL 2014
Alburnus adanensis Adana bleak Asia 22 TL 1944
Alburnus akili Beysehir bleak Asia 1.5 SL 1942
Alburnus albidus Italian bleak Europe 11 SL 1838
Alburnus alburnus Bleak Europe and Asia 25 TL 1758
Alburnus arborella Europe 12.7 TL 1841
Alburnus atropatenae Asia 13.9 TL 1925
Alburnus attalus Bakır shemaya Asia 21.7 TL 2007
Alburnus baliki Antalya bleak Asia 6.1 SL 2000
Alburnus battalgilae Gediz shemaya Asia 10.8 SL 2007
Alburnus belvica Europe 22 FL 1924
Alburnus caeruleus Tigris bleak Asia 9.2 TL 1843
Alburnus carianorum Asia 9.5 SL 2019
Alburnus carinatus Manyas shemaya Asia 18.1 SL 1941
Alburnus chalcoides Danube bleak Europe and Asia 40 TL 1772
Alburnus danubicus Europe 20 SL 1909
Alburnus demiri Eastern Aegean bleak Asia 9.4 SL 2008
Alburnus derjugini Georgian shemaya Europe and Asia 10.8 SL 1923
Alburnus doriae Asia 12.2 SL 1865
Alburnus escherichii Caucasian bleak Asia 18.2 TL 1897
Alburnus filippii Kura bleak Former USSR 20.3 TL 1877
Alburnus heckeli Hazar bleak Asia 11.9 SL 1943
Alburnus hohenackeri North Caucasian bleak Europe and Asia 15 SL 1877
Alburnus istanbulensis Asia 18 SL 1941
Alburnus kotschyi Arsuz bleak Asia 16.3 TL 1863
Alburnus leobergi Europe 40.3 TL 2007
Alburnus macedonicus Europe 14.5 SL 1928
Alburnus magnificus Asia 8.2 SL 2019
Alburnus mandrensis Europe 19.2 SL 1943
Alburnus maximus Europe 15.9 TL 1882
Alburnus mento Europe 40 SL 1836
Alburnus mentoides Europe 13 SL 1859
Alburnus mossulensis Mossul bleak Asia 24.2 TL 1843
Alburnus nasreddini Eber bleak Asia 9.8 SL 1943
Alburnus neretvae Europe 11.9 SL 2010
Alburnus nicaeensis Iznik shemaya Asia 14.6 SL 1941
Alburnus orontis Orontes bleak Asia 9.1 SL 1882
Alburnus qalilus Asia 9.4 TL 1992
Alburnus sarmaticus Europe 25 SL 2007
Alburnus sava Europe 21.8 SL 2017
Alburnus schischkovi Black Sea bleak Europe and Asia 21 SL 1943
Alburnus scoranza Europe 17.9 TL 1857
Alburnus selcuklui Asia 11.6 SL 2015
Alburnus sellal Sellal bleak Asia 26.2 TL 1843
Alburnus tarichi Tarek Asia 27.8 TL 1814
Alburnus thessalicus Europe 15.5 TL 1950
Alburnus timarensis Asia 18.2 TL 1980
Alburnus vistonicus Europe 21.7 SL 2007
Alburnus volviticus Europe 30 TL 2007
Alburnus zagrosensis Asia 13.0 TL 2009
Algansea amecae Ameca chub North America 10.1 SL 2009
Algansea aphanea Riffle chub North America 1978
Algansea avia Remote chub North America 1978
Algansea barbata Lerma chub North America 1964
Algansea lacustris Pátzcuaro chub North America 1895
Algansea monticola Mountain chub North America 1968
Algansea popoche Popoche chub North America 1899
Algansea tincella Spottail chub Central America 1844
Anaecypris hispanica Spanish minnowcarp Europe 7.5 FL 1866
Anaecypris punica Africa 7.2 TL 1920
Aspiolucius esocinus Pike asp Former USSR. 50 TL 1874
Aztecula sallaei Aztec chub Central America 1868
Ballerus ballerus Zope Eurasia 49 TL 1758
Ballerus sapa White-eye bream Europe and Asia 35 TL 1814
Blicca bjoerkna White bream Europe and Asia 45.5 TL 1758
Campostoma anomalum Central stoneroller North America 22 TL 1820
Campostoma oligolepis Largescale stoneroller North America 22 TL 1935
Campostoma ornatum Mexican stoneroller North America 16 TL 1856
Campostoma pauciradii Bluefin stoneroller North America 16 TL 1983
Campostoma pullum North America 1854
Campostoma spadiceum Highland stoneroller North America 17 TL 1856
Capoetobrama kuschakewitschi Sharpray Asia 21 TL 1872
Chondrostoma angorense Ankara nase Asia 24.7 TL 1987
Chondrostoma beysehirense Beysehir nase Asia 14.7 SL 1997
Chondrostoma ceyhanense Asia 26.5 SL 2017
Chondrostoma colchicum Colchic nase Europe and Asia, Russia, 28 TL 1899
Chondrostoma cyri Kura nase Asia 24.6 SL 1877
Chondrostoma esmaeilii Asia 13.6 SL 2017
Chondrostoma fahirae Tefenni minnow Asia 14 TL 1960
Chondrostoma holmwoodii Izmir nase Asia 28.2 TL 1896
Chondrostoma kinzelbachi Orontes nase Asia 1985
Chondrostoma knerii Europe 29.4 TL 1843
Chondrostoma kubanicum Kuban's nase Europe 35 SL 1914
Chondrostoma meandrense Menderes nase Asia 1987
Chondrostoma nasus Common nase Europe 50 TL 1758
Chondrostoma orientale Asia 15.2 SL 1982
Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum Terek nase Eurasia 46 SL 1877
Chondrostoma phoxinus Minnow-nase Europe 15.5 SL 1843
Chondrostoma prespense Europe 27 SL 1924
Chondrostoma regium Brond-snout Asia 40 TL 1843
Chondrostoma scodrense Europe 13.5 SL 1987
Chondrostoma soetta Europe 45 TL 1840
Chondrostoma toros Europe 19.0 SL 2017
Chondrostoma vardarense Europe and Asia 35 SL 1928
Chondrostoma variabile Volga undermouth Europe and Asia 35 TL 1870
Chrosomus cumberlandensis Blackside dace North America 7.6 TL 1978
Chrosomus eos Northern redbelly dace North America 8 TL 1861
Chrosomus erythrogaster Southern redbelly dace North America 9.1 TL 1820
Chrosomus neogaeus Finescale dace North America 11 TL 1867
Chrosomus oreas Mountain redbelly dace North America 7.2 TL 1868
Chrosomus saylori Laurel dace North America 7.4 TL 2001
Chrosomus tennesseensis Tennessee dace North America 7.2 TL 1988
Clinostomus elongatus Redside dace North America 12 TL 1840
Clinostomus funduloides Rosyside dace North America 11.5 TL 1856
Codoma ornata Ornate shiner Central America 1856
Couesius plumbeus Lake chub North America 23 TL 1850
Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari Tepehuan shiner Central America 4.4 SL 1994
Cyprinella analostana Satinfin shiner North America 11 TL 1859
Cyprinella bocagrande Largemouth shiner North America 4.1 SL 1982
Cyprinella caerulea Blue shiner North America 10 TL 1877
Cyprinella callisema Ocmulgee shiner North America 9 TL 1877
Cyprinella callistia Alabama shiner North America 13 TL 1877
Cyprinella callitaenia Bluestripe shiner North America 9 TL 1956
Cyprinella camura Bluntface shiner North America 15 TL 1884
Cyprinella chloristia Greenfin shiner North America 7.5 TL 1878
Cyprinella eurystoma North America 1877
Cyprinella formosa Beautiful shiner North America 9 TL 1856
Cyprinella galactura Whitetail shiner North America 15 TL 1868
Cyprinella garmani Gibbous shiner North America 1885
Cyprinella gibbsi Tallapoosa shiner North America 9.5 TL 1971
Cyprinella labrosa Thicklip chub North America 6.7 TL 1870
Cyprinella leedsi Bannerfin shiner North America 10 TL 1942
Cyprinella lepida Plateau shiner North America 7.5 TL 1856
Cyprinella lutrensis Red shiner North America 9.3 TL 1853
Cyprinella monacha Spotfin chub North America 11 TL 1868
Cyprinella nivea Whitefin shiner North America 8.5 TL 1870
Cyprinella panarcys Conchos shiner Central America 1978
Cyprinella proserpina Proserpine shiner North and Central America 7.5 TL 1856
Cyprinella pyrrhomelas Fieryblack shiner North America 11 TL 1870
Cyprinella rutila Mexican red shiner North America 1856
Cyprinella spiloptera Spotfin shiner North America 12 TL 1867
Cyprinella stigmatura North America 1877
Cyprinella trichroistia Tricolor shiner North America 10 TL 1878
Cyprinella venusta Blacktail shiner North America 19 TL 1856
Cyprinella whipplei Steelcolor shiner North America 16 TL 1856
Cyprinella xaenura Altamaha shiner North America 11 TL 1877
Cyprinella xanthicara Cuatro Cienegas shiner North America 1969
Cyprinella zanema Santee chub North America 7.5 TL 1878
Delminichthys adspersus Europe 9 SL 1843
Delminichthys ghetaldii Europe 13 SL 1882
Delminichthys jadovensis Europe 9.3 SL 2002
Delminichthys krbavensis Europe 10 SL 2002
Dionda argentosa Manantial roundnose minnow North America 7.6 SL 1856
Dionda diaboli Devils River minnow North America 6.4 TL 1957
Dionda episcopa Roundnose minnow North America 7.7 TL 1856
Dionda melanops Spotted minnow North America 1856
Dionda nigrotaeniata Guadalupe roundnose minnow North America 9 TL 1880
Dionda serena Nueces roundnose minnow North America 7.7 TL 1856
Eremichthys acros Desert dace North America 7.7 TL 1948
Ericymba amplamala Longjaw minnow North America 7.2 SL 2006
Erimystax cahni Slender chub North America 9.4 TL 1956
Erimystax dissimilis Streamline chub North America 14 TL 1840
Erimystax harryi Ozark chub North America 11 TL 1956
Erimystax insignis Blotched chub North America 10 TL 1956
Erimystax x-punctatus Gravel chub North America 11 TL 1956
Evarra bustamantei Mexican Dace North America 1955
Evarra eigenmanni Plateau chub North America 1894
Evarra tlahuacensis Endorheic chub North America 1902
Exoglossum laurae Tonguetied minnow North America 16 TL 1931
Exoglossum maxillingua Cutlips minnow North America 16 TL 1817
Gila atraria Utah chub North America 56 TL 1856
Gila brevicauda Shorttail chub North America 12.9 SL 2003
Gila coerulea Blue chub North America 41 TL 1856
Gila conspersa Nazas chub North America 1881
Gila coriacea Moapa dace North America 9 TL 1948
Gila crassicauda Thicktail chub North America 25 SL 1854
Gila cypha Humpback chub North America 38 TL 1946
Gila ditaenia Sonora chub North and central America 25 TL 1945
Gila elegans Bonytail North America 62 TL 1853
Gila eremica Desert chub North America 8.5 SL 1991
Gila intermedia Gila chub North America 38 TL 1856
Gila minacae Mexican roundtail chub North America 1902
Gila modesta Salinas chub North America 1881
Gila nigra Headwater chub North America 38 TL 1875
Gila nigrescens Chihuahua chub North America 24 TL 1856
Gila orcuttii Arroyo chub North America 40 TL 1890
Gila pandora Rio Grande chub North America 18 TL 1872
Gila pulchra Conchos chub North America 1856
Gila purpurea Yaqui chub North America 14 TL 1856
Gila robusta Roundtail chub North America 43 TL 1853
Gila seminuda Virgin chub North America 38 TL 1875
Hemitremia flammea Flame chub North America 7.8 TL 1878
Hesperoleucus symmetricus California roach North America 11 TL 1854
Hybognathus amarus Rio Grande silvery minnow North America 10 TL 1856
Hybognathus argyritis Western silvery minnow North America 12 TL 1856
Hybognathus hankinsoni Brassy minnow North America 9.7 TL 1929
Hybognathus hayi Cypress minnow North America 12 TL 1885
Hybognathus nuchalis Mississippi silvery minnow North America 18 TL 1855
Hybognathus placitus Plains minnow North America 13 TL 1856
Hybognathus regius Eastern silvery minnow North America 15 TL 1856
Hybopsis amblops Bigeye chub North America 10 TL 1820
Hybopsis amnis Pallid shiner North America 8.4 TL 1951
Hybopsis hypsinotus Highback chub North America 7.2 TL 1870
Hybopsis lineapunctata Lined chub North America 8.5 TL 1971
Hybopsis rubrifrons North America 8.4 TL 1877



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