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Leuciscinae

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Leuciscinae
Temporal range: Early Miocene–present
Common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Bonaparte, 1835[1]
Genera

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Leuciscinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the fishes known as daces, chubs, shiners and minnows. The fishes in this subfamily are mainly found in Eurasia, with one genus (Notemigonus) in North America.

Genera

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Leuciscinae contains the following genera:[2]

The extinct minnow Palaeoleuciscus

The extinct genus †Palaeoleuciscus Obrhelová, 1969 is known from the Early Miocene of Europe.[3] A well-preserved fossil specimen of an indeterminate leuciscine is known from the Pliocene of the Chotanagpur Plateau of India, suggesting that leuciscines also inhabited India during this time.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  3. ^ Gaudant, Jean (1994-03-01). "Sur la présence du genrePalaeoleuciscus ObrhelovÁ (Poissons téléostéens, Cyprinidae) dans le Miocène inférieur ou moyen (?) du Dietrichsberg, près de Vacha (Thuringe)". PalZ (in German). 68 (1): 223–243. doi:10.1007/BF02989442. ISSN 1867-6812.
  4. ^ Hazra, Manoshi; Hazra, Taposhi; Bera, Subir; Khan, Mahasin Ali (2020-10-25). "Occurrence of a Cyprinid Fish (Leuciscinae) from Latest Neogene (?Pliocene) Sediments of Chotanagpur Plateau, Eastern India" (PDF). Current Science. 119 (8): 1367. doi:10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1367-1370. ISSN 0011-3891.