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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
Hybopsis winchelli Clear chub North America 8.4 TL 1856
Iberochondrostoma almacai Europe 14.8 TL 2005
Iberochondrostoma lemmingii Europe 25 TL 1866
Iberochondrostoma lusitanicum Europe 15.1 TL 1980
Iberochondrostoma olisiponense Europe 2007
Iberochondrostoma oretanum Europe 9 SL 2003
Iberocypris palaciosi Europe 20 SL 1980
Iotichthys phlegethontis Least chub North America 6.4 TL 1874
Ladigesocypris irideus Asia 1960
Ladigesocypris mermere Izmir mminnow Asia 1960
Lavinia exilicauda Hitch North America 36 TL 1854
Lepidomeda albivallis White River spinedace North America 15 TL 1960
Lepidomeda aliciae Southern leatherside chub Norrth America 15 TL 1881
Lepidomeda altivelis Pahranagat spinedace North America 7.9 TL 1960
Lepidomeda copei Northern leatherside chub North America 15 TL 1881
Lepidomeda mollispinis Virgin spinedace North America 15 TL 1960
Lepidomeda vittata Little Colorado spinedace North America 10 TL 1874
Leucalburnus satunini White Kura bleak Asia 17.5 TL 1910
Leucaspius delineatus Belica Europe and Asia 9 SL 1843
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
Leucos albus Europe 29.5 TL 2010
Leucos aula Europe 26 TL 1841
Leucos basak Europe 23.3 TL 1843
Leucos panosi Acheloos roach Europe 29.1 TL 2006
Leucos ylikiensis Europe 28.5 FL 1991
Luxilus albeolus White shiner North America 13 TL 1889
Luxilus cardinalis Cardinal shiner North America 11 TL 1988
Luxilus cerasinus Crescent shiner North America 11 TL 1868
Luxilus chrysocephalus Striped shiner North America 24 TL 1820
Luxilus coccogenis Warpaint shiner North America 14 TL 1868
Luxilus cornutus Common shiner North America 18 TL 1817
Luxilus pilsbryi Duskystripe shiner North America 13 TL 1904
Luxilus zonatus Bleeding shiner North America 13 TL 1863
Luxilus zonistius Bandfin shiner North America 10 TL 1880
Lythrurus alegnotus Warrior shiner North America 1972
Lythrurus ardens Rosefin shiner North America 9 TL 1868
Lythrurus atrapiculus Blacktip shiner North America 6.5 TL 1972
Lythrurus bellus Pretty shiner North America 7.5 TL 1881
Lythrurus fasciolaris Scarlet shiner North America 8.6 TL 1891
Lythrurus fumeus Ribbon shiner North America 7 TL 1892
Lythrurus lirus Mountain shiner North America 7.5 TL 1877
Lythrurus matutinus Pinewoods shiner North America 8.6 TL 1870
Lythrurus roseipinnis Cherryfin shiner North America 7.5 TL 1885
Lythrurus snelsoni Ouachita shiner North America 5.3 TL 1985
Lythrurus umbratilis Redfin shiner North America 8.8 TL 1856
Macrhybopsis aestivalis Speckled chub North America 12.7 TL 1856
Macrhybopsis australis Prairie chub North America 7 TL 1929
Macrhybopsis boschungi Mobile chub North America 5.7 SL 2017
Macrhybopsis etnieri Coosa chub North America 5.2 SL 2017
Macrhybopsis gelida Sturgeon chub North America 8.4 TL 1856
Macrhybopsis hyostoma Shoal chub North America 7.6 TL 1884
Macrhybopsis marconis Burrhead chub North America 7.3 TL 1886
Macrhybopsis meeki Sicklefin chub North America 11 TL 1896
Macrhybopsis pallida Pallid chub North America 5.2 SL 2017
Macrhybopsis storeriana Silver chub North America 23 TL 1845
Macrhybopsis tetranema Peppered chub North America 7.7 TL 1886
Macrhybopsis tomellerii Gulf chub North America 5.1 SL 2017
Margariscus margarita Allegheny pearl dace North America 16 TL 1867
Margariscus nachtriebi Northern pearl dace North America 16 TL 1896
Meda fulgida Spikedace North America 9.1 TL 1856
Mirogrex hulensis Eurasia 23 TL 1973
Mirogrex terraesanctae Kinneret bleak Asia 25 TL 1952
Mylocheilus caurinus Peamouth North America 36 TL 1836
Mylopharodon conocephalus Hardhead North America 100 TL 1854
Nocomis asper Redspot chub North America 22 TL 1971
Nocomis biguttatus Hornyhead chub North America 26 TL 1840
Nocomis effusus Redtail chub North America 23 TL 1967
Nocomis leptocephalus Bluehead chub North America 26 TL 1856
Nocomis micropogon River chub North America 33 TL 1865
Nocomis platyrhynchus Bigmouth chub North America 24 TL 1971
Nocomis raneyi Bull chub North America 32 TL 1971
Notemigonus crysoleucas Golden shiner North America 32 TL 1814
Notropis aguirrepequenoi Soto la Marina shiner North America 4.6 TL 1973
Notropis albizonatus Palezone shiner North America 5.6 SL 1994
Notropis alborus Whitemouth shiner North America 6 TL 1947
Notropis altipinnis Highfin shiner North America 6.1 TL 1870
Notropis amabilis Texas shiner North America 6.2 TL 1856
Notropis amecae Ameca shiner North America 4.1 SL 1986
Notropis ammophilus Orangefin shiner North America 6 TL 1990
Notropis amoenus Comely shiner North America 11 TL 1874
Notropis anogenus Pugnose shiner North America 5.8 TL 1885
Notropis ariommus Popeye shiner North America 9.5 TL 1867
Notropis asperifrons Burrhead shiner North America 7.5 TL 1955
Notropis atherinoides Emerald shiner North America 13 TL 1818
Notropis atrocaudalis Blackspot shiner North America 7.6 TL 1892
Notropis aulidion Durango shiner North America 1986
Notropis baileyi Rough shiner North America 9 TL 1955
Notropis bairdi Red River shiner North America 8 TL 1929
Notropis bifrenatus Bridle shiner North America 6.5 TL 1867
Notropis blennius River shiner North America 13 TL 1856
Notropis boops Bigeye shiner North America 9 TL 1884
Notropis boucardi Balsas shiner North America 1868
Notropis braytoni Tamaulipas shiner North America 6.9 TL 1896
Notropis buccata Silverjaw minnow North America 9.8 TL 1865
Notropis buccula Smalleye shiner North America 7.1 TL 1953
Notropis buchanani Ghost shiner North America 6.4 TL 1896
Notropis cahabae Cahaba shiner North America 7.5 TL 1989
Notropis calabazas Calabazas shiner South America 2.7 SL 2004
Notropis calientis Yellow shiner North America 1899
Notropis candidus Silverside shiner North America 11 TL 1980
Notropis chalybaeus Ironcolor shiner North America 6.5 TL 1867
Notropis chihuahua Chihuahua shiner North America 8 TL 1892
Notropis chiliticus Redlip shiner North America 7.2 TL 1870
Notropis chlorocephalus Greenhead shiner North America 7.2 TL 1870
Notropis chrosomus Rainbow shiner North America 8.1 TL 1877
Notropis cumingii Atoyac chub North America 1868
Notropis cummingsae Dusky shiner North America 7.2 TL 1925
Notropis dorsalis Bigmouth shiner North America 8 TL 1854
Notropis edwardraneyi Fluvial shiner North America 8 TL 1968
Notropis girardi Arkansas River shiner North America 8 TL 1929
Notropis grandis Zacapu shiner Central America 4.6 SL 2009
Notropis greenei Wedgespot shiner North America 7.5 TL 1929
Notropis harperi Redeye chub North America 6 TL 1941
Notropis heterodon Blackchin shiner North America 7.1 TL 1865
Notropis heterolepis Blacknose shiner North America 9.8 TL 1893
Notropis hudsonius Spottail shiner North America 15 TL 1824
Notropis hypsilepis Highscale shiner North America 5.1 SL 1955
Notropis imeldae North America 1968
Notropis jemezanus Rio Grande shiner North America 7.5 TL 1875
Notropis leuciodus Tennessee shiner North America 8.2 TL 1868
Notropis longirostris Longnose shiner North America 6.5 TL 1881
Notropis lutipinnis Yellowfin shiner North America 7.5 TL 1878
Notropis maculatus Taillight shiner North America 7.6 TL 1881
Notropis marhabatiensis Maravatío shiner South America 5.1 SL 2009
Notropis mekistocholas Cape Fear shiner North America 7.7 TL 1971
Notropis melanostomus Blackmouth shiner North America 3.8 TL 1989
Notropis micropteryx Highland shiner North America 1868
Notropis moralesi Papaloapan chub North America 1955
Notropis nazas Nazas shiner North America 1904
Notropis nubilus Ozark minnow North America 9.3 TL 1878
Notropis orca Phantom shiner North America 9 TL 1894
Notropis ortenburgeri Kiamichi shiner North America 5.5 TL 1927
Notropis oxyrhynchus Sharpnose shiner North America 9.5 SL 1951
Notropis ozarcanus Ozark shiner North America 7.5 TL 1891
Notropis percobromus Carmine shiner North America 1871
Notropis perpallidus Peppered shiner North America 5 TL 1940
Notropis petersoni Coastal shiner North America 8.2 TL 1942
Notropis photogenis Silver shiner North America 14 TL 1865
Notropis potteri Chub shiner North America 11 TL 1951
Notropis procne Swallowtail shiner North America 7.2 TL 1865
Notropis rafinesquei Yazoo shiner North America 1991
Notropis rubellus Rosyface shiner North America 11 TL 1850
Notropis rubricroceus Saffron shiner North America 8.4 TL 1868
Notropis rupestris Bedrock shiner North America 7.0 TL 1987
Notropis sabinae Sabine shiner North America 5.7 TL 1886
Notropis saladonis Salado shiner North America 1958
Notropis scabriceps New River shiner North America 8.4 TL 1868
Notropis scepticus Sandbar shiner North America 9 TL 1883
Notropis semperasper Roughhead shiner North America 9 TL 1961
Notropis shumardi Silverband shiner North America 10 TL 1856
Notropis simus Bluntnose shiner North America 10 TL 1875
Notropis spectrunculus Mirror shiner North America 7.9 TL 1868
Notropis stilbius Silverstripe shiner North America 9 TL 1877
Notropis stramineus Sand shiner North America 8.2 TL 1865
Notropis suttkusi Rocky shiner North America 4.4 SL 1994
Notropis telescopus Telescope shiner North America 11.5 TL 1868
Notropis texanus Weed shiner North America 8.6 TL 1856
Notropis topeka Topeka shiner North America 7.6 TL 1884
Notropis tropicus Pygmy shiner North America 1975
Notropis uranoscopus Skygazer shiner North America 7.1 TL 1959
Notropis volucellus Mimic shiner North America 7.6 TL 1865
Notropis wickliffi Channel shiner North America 7.8 TL 1931
Notropis xaenocephalus Coosa shiner North America 7.9 TL 1877
Opsopoeodus emiliae Pugnose minnow North America 6.6 TL 1881
Oregonichthys crameri Oregon chub North America 7 TL 1908
Oregonichthys kalawatseti Umpquachub North America 5.9 TL 1991
Oreoleuciscus angusticephalus Narrow-headed Altai osman Asia 23.8 SL 2001
Oreoleuciscus dsapchynensis Asia 28 SL 1889
Oreoleuciscus humilis Dwarf Altai osman Asia 20 SL 1889
Oreoleuciscus potanini Altai osman Asia 100 TL 1879
Orthodon microlepidotus Sacramento blackfish North America 55 TL 1854
Pachychilon macedonicum Europe 12 SL 1892
Pachychilon pictum Europe 18 SL 1858
Parachondrostoma arrigonis Europe 25 SL 1866
Parachondrostoma miegii Europe 25 SL 1866
Parachondrostoma toxostoma Soffie Europe 30 TL 1837
Parachondrostoma turiense Europe 25 SL 1987
Pararhinichthys bowersi Cheat minnow North America 12 TL 1908
Pelasgus epiroticus Europe 10 SL 1895
Pelasgus laconicus Evrotas minnow Europe 6.0 SL 2004
Pelasgus marathonicus Marathon minnow Europe 6.5 SL 1921
Pelasgus minutus Ohrid minnow Europe 5 SL 1924
Pelasgus prespensis Prespa minnow Europe 7.3 TL 1924
Pelasgus stymphalicus Stymphalia minnow Europe 12 TL 1844
Pelasgus thesproticus Epiros minnow Europe 6.2 SL 1939
Pelecus cultratus Sichel Eurasia 60 TL 1758
Petroleuciscus borysthenicus Dnieper chub Eurasia 40 TL 1859
Petroleuciscus kurui Tigris chub Asia 85.8 SL 1995
Petroleuciscus smyrnaeus Izmir chub Europe and Asia 10 SL 1896
Phenacobius catostomus Riffle minnow North America 12 TL 1877
Phenacobius crassilabrum Fatlips minnow North America 11.2 TL 1962
Phenacobius mirabilis Suckermouth minnow North America 12 TL 1856
Phenacobius teretulus Kanawha minnow North America 10 TL 1867
Phenacobius uranops Stargazing minnow North America 12 TL 1867
Phoxinellus alepidotus Europe 14.5 SL 1843
Phoxinellus dalmaticus Europe 6 SL 2000
Phoxinellus pseudalepidotus Europe 10.3 SL 2003
Phoxinus apollonicus Europe 6.8 SL 2015
Phoxinus bigerri Europe 6.6 SL 2007
Phoxinus brachyurus Seven River's minnow Asia. 8.4 TL 1912
Phoxinus colchicus Europe and Asia 8.2 SL 1910
Phoxinus grumi Asia 1907
Phoxinus issykkulensis Issyk-kul' minnow Asia. 4.5 TL 1912
Phoxinus jouyi Asia 1901
Phoxinus karsticus Europe 7.3 SL 2015
Phoxinus ketmaieri Europe 4.6 SL 2015
Phoxinus keumkang Asia 10.4 SL 1977
Phoxinus kumgangensis Asia 8 TL 1980
Phoxinus likai Europe 4.9 SL 2015
Phoxinus oxyrhynchus Asia 1930
Phoxinus phoxinus Eurasian minnow Eurasia 14 TL 1758
Phoxinus semotilus Asia 12 TL 1905
Phoxinus septimaniae Europe 6.4 SL 2007
Phoxinus steindachneri Asia 1883
Phoxinus strandjae Bulgarian minnow Europe and Asia 6.7 SL 1926
Phoxinus strymonicus Europe 4.8 SL 2007
Phoxinus tchangi Asia 1988
Phoxinus ujmonensis Asia 11.6 TL 1899
Pimephales notatus Bluntnose minnow North America 11 TL 1820
Pimephales promelas Fathead minnow North and Central America 10.1 TL 1820
Pimephales tenellus Slim minnow North America 7 TL 1856
Pimephales vigilax Bullhead minnow North America 9.2 TL 1853
Plagopterus argentissimus Woundfin North America 10 SL 1874
Platygobio gracilis Flathead chub North America 32 TL 1836
Pogonichthys ciscoides Clear Lake splittail North America 36 TL 1974
Pogonichthys macrolepidotus Splittail North America 44 TL 1854
Protochondrostoma genei Europe 30 TL 1839
Pseudaspius brandtii Pacific redfin Northwest Pacific 50 TL 1872
Pseudaspius hakonensis Big-scaled redfin Asia 50 TL 1877
Pseudaspius leptocephalus Redfin Asia 68 SL 1776
Pseudaspius nakamurai Asia 50 SL 2000
Pseudaspius sachalinensis Asia 43 TL 1889
Pseudochondrostoma duriense Europe 40 SL 1985
Pseudochondrostoma polylepis Iberian nase Europe 40 SL 1864
Pseudochondrostoma willkommii Europe 40 SL 1866
Pseudophoxinus alii Pamphylian spring minnow Asia 14.3 TL 2007
Pseudophoxinus anatolicus Anatolian minnow Asia 24.4 SL 1925
Pseudophoxinus antalyae Antalya minnow Asia 17 TL 1992
Pseudophoxinus atropatenus Shirvan roachling Asia 9.5 TL 1937
Pseudophoxinus battalgilae Beysehir minnow Asia 11.0 SL 1997
Pseudophoxinus burduricus Burdur spring minnow Asia 8.7 SL 2013
Pseudophoxinus callensis Africa 10.7 TL 1850
Pseudophoxinus caralis Beyşehir minnow Asia 1942
Pseudophoxinus crassus Fat spring minnow Asia 19.8 TL 1960
Pseudophoxinus drusensis Eurasia 10 TL 1933
Pseudophoxinus egridiri Eğirdir minnow Asia 6.1 SL 1972
Pseudophoxinus elizavetae Sultan Sazlığı minnow Asia 7.9 SL 2006
Pseudophoxinus evliyae Lycian spring minnow Asia 8.8 SL 2010
Pseudophoxinus fahrettini Pisidian spring minnow Asia 28 FL 2010
Pseudophoxinus firati Euphrates spring minnow Asia 8.4 SL 2006
Pseudophoxinus handlirschi Handlirsch’s minnow Asia 12 TL 1933
Pseudophoxinus hasani Asia 5.8 SL 1992
Pseudophoxinus hittitorum Hittitic spring minnow Asia 8.6 SL 2010
Pseudophoxinus kervillei Orontes minnow Eurasia 10 TL 1911
Pseudophoxinus libani Asia 5.9 SL 1883
Pseudophoxinus maeandri Apamean spring minnow Asia 7 TL 1960
Pseudophoxinus maeandricus Menderes brook minnow Asia 7.9 SL 1960
Pseudophoxinus mehmeti Asia 7.3 SL 2015
Pseudophoxinus ninae Onaç spring minnow Asia 7.5 SL 2006
Pseudophoxinus sojuchbulagi Asia 1950
Pseudophoxinus syriacus Asia 8.7 SL 1883
Pseudophoxinus turani Turan's minnow Asia 9.3 SL 2014
Pseudophoxinus zekayi Ceyhan spring minnow Asia 14.3 TL 2006
Pseudophoxinus zeregi Orontes phoxinellus Asia 6.7 SL 1843
Pteronotropis euryzonus Broadstripe shiner North America 7 TL 1955
Pteronotropis grandipinnis Apalachee shiner North America 5.3 SL 1877
Pteronotropis hubbsi Bluehead shiner North America 6 TL 1978
Pteronotropis hypselopterus Sailfin shiner North America 7 TL 1868
Pteronotropis merlini Orangetail shiner North America 5.4 SL 2001
Pteronotropis metallicus Metallic shiner North America 6.5 TL 1884
Pteronotropis signipinnis Flagfin shiner North America 7 TL 1952
Pteronotropis stonei Lowland shiner North America 6.6 TL 1921
Pteronotropis welaka Bluenose shiner North America 6.5 TL 1898
Ptychocheilus grandis Sacramento pikeminnow North America 140 TL 1854
Ptychocheilus lucius Colorado pikeminnow North America 180 TL 1856
Ptychocheilus oregonensis Northern pikeminnow North America 63 TL 1836
Ptychocheilus umpquae Umpqua pikeminnow North America 44 TL 1908
Relictus solitarius Relict dace North America 13 TL 1972
Rhinichthys atratulus Blacknose dace North America 12.4 TL 1804
Rhinichthys cataractae Longnose dace North America 22.5 TL 1842
Rhinichthys cobitis Loach minnow North America 6 TL 1856
Rhinichthys deaconi Las Vegas Dace North America 7.4 TL 1984
Rhinichthys evermanni Umpqua dace North America 11 TL 1908
Rhinichthys falcatus Leopard dace North America 12 TL 1893
Rhinichthys obtusus Western blacknose dace North America 8 NG 1854
Rhinichthys osculus Speckled dace North America 11 TL 1856
Rhinichthys umatilla Umatilla dace North America 12 TL 1894
Rhynchocypris czekanowskii Czekanowski's minnow Eurasia 9 SL 1869
Rhynchocypris dementjevi Asia. 1954
Rhynchocypris lagowskii Amur minnow Asia 24 TL 1869
Rhynchocypris mantschurica Manchurian Lake minnow East Asia 1907
Rhynchocypris oxycephala Chinese minnow Asia 17.2 TL 1874
Rhynchocypris percnura Lake minnow Eurasia 18.5 SL 1814
Rhynchocypris poljakowii Balkhash minnow Asia. 10 TL 1879
Richardsonius balteatus Redside shiner North America 18 TL 1836
Richardsonius egregius Lahontan redside North America 17 TL 1858
Rutilus caspicus Caspian roach Eurasia 45 SL 1870
Rutilus frisii Kutum Eurasia 70 TL 1840
Rutilus heckelii Europe and Asia 43 SL 1840
Rutilus kutum Europe and Asia 58 FL 1901
Rutilus meidingeri Europe 70 TL 1851
Rutilus pigus Europe 45 SL 1803
Rutilus rutilus Roach Europe 50.2 TL 1758
Rutilus stoumboudae Europe 15.6 SL 2014
Rutilus virgo Europe 40 SL 1852
Sarmarutilus rubilio Europe 18 SL 1837
Scardinius acarnanicus Europe 38 TL 1991
Scardinius dergle Europe 15 SL 1858
Scardinius elmaliensis Antalya rudd Asia 14.3 TL 1997
Scardinius erythrophthalmus Rudd Eurasia 61.7 TL 1758
Scardinius graecus Europe 40 TL 1937
Scardinius hesperidicus Europe 40 SL 1845
Scardinius knezevici Europe 29.5 TL 2005
Scardinius plotizza Europe 39 TL 1858
Scardinius racovitzai Europe 8.5 SL 1958
Scardinius scardafa Europe 35 SL 1837
Semotilus atromaculatus Creek chub North America 30.3 TL 1818
Semotilus corporalis Fallfish North America 51 TL 1817
Semotilus lumbee Sandhills chub North America 24 TL 1978
Semotilus thoreauianus Dixie chub North America 15 TL 1877
Siphateles alvordensis Alvord chub North America 14 TL 1972
Siphateles bicolor Tui chub North America 45 TL 1856
Siphateles boraxobius Borax Lake chub North America 11 TL 1980
Squalius adanaensis Adana chub Asia 18 SL 2013
Squalius agdamicus Asia 1901
Squalius alburnoides Europe 25 TL 1866
Squalius albus Europe 20 SL 1838
Squalius anatolicus Beysehir dace Asia 21.9 SL 1997
Squalius aphipsi Aphips chub Europe 16 SL 1927
Squalius aradensis Europe 13.1 SL 1998
Squalius aristotelis Tuzla chub Asia 15.7 TL 2011
Squalius berak Mesopotamian chub Asia 22.1 TL 1843
Squalius cappadocicus Cappadocian chub Asia 19.2 TL 2011
Squalius carinus Chocolate chub Asia 2011
Squalius carolitertii Bordallo Europe 25 TL 1988
Squalius castellanus Europe 2007
Squalius cephaloides Thick lipped chub Asia 1942
Squalius cephalus Chub Eurasia 60 SL 1758
Squalius cii European chub Europe and Asia 28.9 TL 1857
Squalius fellowesii Aegean chub Asia 21.5 TL 1868
Squalius ghigii Rhodes minnow Europe 9 SL 1927
Squalius illyricus Europe 30 SL 1858
Squalius janae Europe 19.1 SL 2010
Squalius keadicus Europe 25 TL 1971
Squalius kosswigi Asia 22 TL 1972
Squalius kottelati Striped chub Asia 32.5 TL 2009
Squalius laietanus Europe 20.1 SL 2007
Squalius lepidus Asia 23.7 SL 1843
Squalius lucumonis Europe 16 SL 1983
Squalius malacitanus Europe 7.6 SL 2006
Squalius microlepis Europe 34 SL 1843
Squalius moreoticus Stymphalia chub Europe 21 SL 1971
Squalius orientalis Asia 19.8 SL 1847
Squalius orpheus Orpheus dace Eurasia 28.1 TL 2006
Squalius pamvoticus Pamvotis chub Europe 30 SL 1939
Squalius peloponensis Peloponnese chub Europe 30 SL 1844
Squalius platyceps Europe 47.2 TL 2010
Squalius prespensis Europe 25 SL 1977
Squalius pursakensis Sakarya chub Asia 23 SL 1925
Squalius pyrenaicus Europe 26 SL 1868
Squalius recurvirostris Akşehir chub Asia 2011
Squalius seyhanensis Seyhan dace Asia 45.3 TL 2013
Squalius spurius Orontes dace Asia 1843
Squalius squaliusculus Syr-Darya dace Asia 13 TL 1872
Squalius squalus Europe 60 SL 1837
Squalius svallize Europe 27.7 TL 1858
Squalius tenellus Europe 40 SL 1843
Squalius torgalensis Europe 11.8 SL 1998
Squalius turcicus Transcaucasian chub Asia 37.3 TL 1865
Squalius ulanus Asia 4.5 TL 1899
Squalius valentinus Europe 17.5 FL 2006
Squalius vardarensis Europe 16 SL 1928
Squalius zrmanjae Europe 28 SL 1928
Stypodon signifer Stumptooth minnow North America 1881
Tampichthys catostomops Pánuco minnow North America 1977
Tampichthys dichroma Bicolor minnow Central America 1977
Tampichthys erimyzonops Chubsucker minnow North America 1974
Tampichthys ipni Lantern minnow North America 9 TL 1953
Tampichthys mandibularis Flatjaw minnow Central America 5.2 SL 1977
Tampichthys rasconis Blackstripe minnow North America 1899
Telestes beoticus Europe 13 TL 1939
Telestes comes Europe 1838
Telestes croaticus Croatian pijor Europe 16.5 SL 1866
Telestes dabar Europe 7.9 SL 2012
Telestes fontinalis Spring pijor Europe 9.3 SL 1972
Telestes karsticus Europe 12.7 SL 2011
Telestes metohiensis Europe 10 SL 1901
Telestes miloradi Europe 6.7 SL 2012
Telestes montenigrinus Europe 16 SL 1963
Telestes muticellus Europe 17 SL 1837
Telestes pleurobipunctatus Europe 22 FL 1939
Telestes polylepis Europe 15 SL 1866
Telestes souffia Vairone Europe 25 TL 1827
Telestes turskyi Europe 25 TL 1843
Telestes ukliva Europe 25 TL 1843
Tropidophoxinellus hellenicus Europe 9.3 SL 1971
Tropidophoxinellus spartiaticus Europe 9.5 SL 1943
Vimba elongata Europe 1844
Vimba melanops Macedonian vimba Eurasia 32 TL 1837
Vimba mirabilis Menderes bream Asia 11.3 SL 1960
Vimba vimba Vimba bream Eurasia 50 TL 1758
Yuriria alta Jalisco chub North America 1880
Yuriria amatlana Amatlan chub Central America 2007
Yuriria chapalae Chapala chub North America 1899



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013