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Phoxinus phoxinus

(Common Minnow, Eurasian Minnow, European Minnow, Minnow, Zaisan Minnow)

Overview

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Family : Minnows or carps ; Gregarious (Ref. 2196). Lives in cold, running or still, yet well oxygenated, waters (Ref. 9696) over gravel substrate. Feeds on algae, plant debris (in rivers ), mollusks, crustaceans and insects (Ref. 30578). Migrates upstream for spawning in shallow gravel areas. Important laboratory fish, for research on sensory organs of fishes . Mean maximum age is 6 years (Ref. 41616).

Common Names

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Common Names in Albanian:

Skort Pellgjesh

Common Names in Bulgarian:

Leshanka

Common Names in Czech:

Cerebla, Ostroretka Strevlovitá, Ostroretka Střevlovitá, Strebla, Strelice, Strelicka, Strevle Obecn, Strevle Potocn, Strevlec, Strevlicka

Common Names in Danish:

Almindelig Elritse, Elrits, Elritse, Elritsenæsling, Europisk Elritse

Common Names in Dutch:

Ellerling, Elrijtssneep, Elrits

Common Names in English:

Common Minnow, Eurasian Minnow, European Minnow, Minnow, Minnow-Nase, Pink, Zaisan Minnow

Common Names in Finnish:

Mutu, Pikkusuomunokkasärki

Common Names in French:

Amarante, Arlequin, Charbonnier, Cippa, Cuzeau, Garlesco, Gendarme, Grisette, Nase-Vairon, Petit Blanc, Sprille, Vairon, Veirou, Verdou, Vricle, Vron, Voiron

Common Names in Gaelic, Irish:

Libin

Common Names in German:

Balte, Bambel, Bambeli, Bammeli, Bampel, Bitterziimpelchen, Blitterfischl, Blutelritze, Brunnenpfrill, Brutt, Budd, Burli, Buthe, Butt, Elderitz, Ellering, Ellritzeritze, Elritze, Elritzen-Näsling, Elritzennäsling, Eltrschl, Erleress, Erling, Gefrille, Gievchen, Grimpel, Grmpel, Grmperl, Haberfischl, Hunderttausendfischl, Maipiere, Mallfot, Mazelung, Miling, Mollinger, Moosbutzli, Mudd, Mutterlose, Pfelle, Pfrille, Pfrull, Piek, Piere, Pierling, Riedlingehen, Rmpahen, Rmpchen, Spierling, Sunnfischl, Weiling, Wettling, Wibling, Zaukerl, Zorscheli

Common Names in Greek:

Κοκκινόγαστρος, Kokkinogastros

Common Names in Hungarian (M:

Frge Cselle

Common Names in Hungarian (Magyar):

Frge Cselle

Common Names in Italian:

Lasca, Sanguinerola

Common Names in Macedonian:

Zlatica

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

真鱥, 科爾芝克鱥, 西氏鱥, 阿爾塔鱥, 多鱗軟口魚, 多鳞软口鱼

Common Names in Norwegian:

Orekyte, rekyt

Common Names in Polish:

Strzebla Potokowa, Swinka Bosniacka, Świnka Bośniacka

Common Names in Portuguese:

Boga Da Jugoslávia, Peixinho De Engodo

Common Names in Rumanian:

Boet, Boiste, Boistean, Boisca, Boiştean, Verdete, Verzisoara, Boet, Boisca, Boiste, Boistean, Craesc, Craet, Crai, Scrofita, Verdete, Verzisoara

Common Names in Russian:

гольян речной, обыкновенный гольян, речной гольян, Gol´yan, Gol´yan-Krasavka, Gol'yan, Gol'yan-Krasavka, Goljan, Golyan Obyknovennyi, Zaisanskii Gol´yan, Zaisanskii Gol'yan

Common Names in Serbian:

Gagica, Podbila

Common Names in Slovak:

Cerebla Obycajn

Common Names in Slovene:

Pisanec

Common Names in Spanish:

Chipa, Foxino Comn, Pescardo, Piscardo

Common Names in Swedish:

Elritsa, Kvidd, ling

Description

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Family Cyprinidae

Distribution: North America (northern Canada to southern Mexico), Africa, and Eurasia . Pharynx with 1-3 rows of teeth, each row with a maximum of 8 teeth. Usually thin lips , plicae or papillae absent; mouth sometimes suckerlike (Garra and Labeo). With or without barbels . Premaxilla usually borders the upper jaw making the maxilla entirely or almost entirely excluded from the gape. Usually protrusible upper jaw. Dorsal fin with spinelike rays in some. Primitive number of chromosomes 2n=50, some with 48; polyploidy exists. Maximum length at least 2.5 m to probably 3 m in Catlocarpio siamensis; many species less than 5 cm. Mainly non-guarders, but in some species males build nests and/or protect the eggs .The family Cyprinidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cypriniformes. It contains 210 genera and 2010 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 70° n to 34° s and 150° w to 170° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kyprinos = goldfish .

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,569 meters (0 to 8,428 feet).Mean = 172.450 meters (565.781 feet), Standard Deviation = 183.440 based on 14,690 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Fresh water , brackish water. Demersal .

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Cyprinus aphya Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Cyprinus chrysoprasius Pallas, 1814
  3. Cyprinus isetensis Georgi, 1775
  4. Cyprinus lumaireul Schinz, 1840
  5. Cyprinus morella Leske, 1774
  6. Cyprinus phoxinus Linnaeus, 1758
  7. Cyprinus rivularis (Pallas, 1773)
  8. Leuciscus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  9. Phoxinus csikii Hank, 1922
  10. Phoxinus czekanowskii subsp. sedelnikowi Berg, 1908
  11. Phoxinus laevis Fitzinger, 1832
  12. Phoxinus laevis subsp. balchaschana Kessler, 1879
  13. Phoxinus laevis subsp. mikrosquamatus Kashchenko, 1899
  14. Phoxinus laevis subsp. ujmonensis Kashchenko, 1899
  15. Phoxinus lagowskii subsp. sedelnikowi Berg, 1908
  16. Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836
  17. Phoxinus phoxinus subsp. carpathicus Popescu-Gorj & Dumitriu, 1950
  18. Phoxinus phoxinus subsp. colchicus Berg, 1910
  19. Phoxinus phoxinus subsp. phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  20. Phoxinus phoxinus subsp. strandjae Drensky, 1926
  21. Phoxinus phoxinus subsp. ujmonensis Kashchenko, 1899
  22. Phoxinus rivularis (Pallas, 1773)
  23. Phoxinus saposchnikowi Kashchenko, 1899
  24. Phoxinus sedelnikowi Berg, 1908
  25. Phoxinus varius Perty, 1832
  26. Phoxynus montanus Ogrien, 1863
  27. Salmo rivularis Pallas, 1773

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 08-Sep-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Phoxinus

There are approximately 62 species in this genus:

P. eos · P. aphya · P. brachyurus (Seven River's Minnow) · P. colchicus · P. cumberlandensis (Blackside Dace) · P. czekanowskii (Chekanovski's Minnow) · P. czekanowskii czekanowskii (Czekanowski's Minnow) · P. czekanowskii czerskii · P. czekanowskii ignatowi (Ignatov's Minnow) · P. czekanowskii posnaniensis · P. czekanowskii sedelnikowi · P. czekanowskii suifunensis (Suifun Minnow) · P. eos (Northern Redbelly Dace) · P. eos x · P. erythrogaster (Southern Redbelly Dace) · P. erythrogaster hybrid · P. grumi · P. hybrid · P. intergrade · P. issykkulensis (Issyk-Kul Minnow) · P. keumkang · P. kumgangensis · P. laevis balchaschana · P. laevis mikrosquamatus · P. laevis ujmonensis · P. lagowski · P. lagowski steindachneri · P. lagowskii (Amur Minnow) · P. lagowskii chorensis · P. lagowskii lagowskii · P. lagowskii oxycephalus · P. lagowskii sedelnikowi · P. lagowskii steindachneri · P. lagowskii variegatus · P. logowskii · P. neogaeus (Bronze Minnow) · P. neogalus · P. oreas (Mountain Redbelly Dace) · P. oxycephalus (Chinese Minnow) · P. oxycephalus jouyi · P. oxyrhynchus · P. percnurus (Lake Minnow) · P. percnurus gdaniensis · P. percnurus mantschuricus · P. percnurus sachalinensis · P. percnurus suifunensis · P. percrurus · P. perenurus dauricus · P. perenurus mantschuricus · P. phoxinus (Common Minnow) · P. phoxinus carpathicus · P. phoxinus colchicus · P. phoxinus phoxinus · P. phoxinus strandjae · P. phoxinus ujmonensis · P. saylori (Laurel Dace) · P. semotilus · P. septentrionalis · P. spp · P. tchangi · P. tennesseensis (Tennessee Dace) · P. x

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-08-20