Canadian Register of Marine Species - Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820

WoRMS taxon details

Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820

AphiaID

154325 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154325)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cyprinus phoxinus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Parent

Leuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Phoximus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Phoxynus · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Phoxinus dragarum Denys, Dettaï, Persat, Daszkiewicz, Hautecoeur & Keith, 2020
Species Phoxinus fayollarum Denys, Dettaï, Persat, Daszkiewicz, Hautecoeur & Keith, 2020
Species Phoxinus krkae Bogutskaya, Jelić, Vucić, Jelić, Diripasko, Stefanov & Klobučar, 2019
Species Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Phoxinus tumensis Luo, 1996
Species Phoxinus csikii Hankó, 1922 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Phoxinus czekanowskii Dybowski, 1869 accepted as Rhynchocypris czekanowskii (Dybowski, 1869) (synonym)
Species Phoxinus czerskii Berg, 1912 accepted as Rhynchocypris czekanowskii (Dybowski, 1869) (junior synonym)
Species Phoxinus laevis Fitzinger, 1832 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Phoxinus lumaireul (Schinz, 1840) accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
Species Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Phoxinus rivularis (Pallas, 1773) accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Phoxinus strauchi Warpachowski, 1887 accepted as Rhynchocypris czekanowskii (Dybowski, 1869)
Species Phoxinus sublaevis Warpachowski, 1887 accepted as Rhynchocypris czekanowskii (Dybowski, 1869)
Species Phoxinus varius Perty, 1832 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 5]. Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY. v. 2 (no. 4): 235-242. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154325 on 2025-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 5]. Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY. v. 2 (no. 4): 235-242. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Unreviewed

Phoxinus phoxinus

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