Phoxinus lumaireul

Phoxinus lumaireul
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Phoxininae
Genus: Phoxinus
Species:
P. lumaireul
Binomial name
Phoxinus lumaireul
(Schinz, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyprinus lumaireul Schinz, 1840
  • Phoxinus likai Bianco & De Bonis, 2015
  • Phoxinus ketmaieri Bianco & De Bonis, 2015

Phoxinus lumaireul is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, minnows and related fishes. This species is found in rivers draining into the North Adriatic Sea and in the middle Danube catchment, in Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It reaches a length of 4.9 cm (1.9 in).[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Phoxinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  2. ^ Bianco, P.G. & De Bonis, S. (2015): A taxonomic study on the genus Phoxinus (Acthinopterigy, Cyprinidae) from Italy and western Balkans with description of four new species: P. ketmaieri, P. karsticus, P. apollonicus and P. likai. In: Bianco, P.G. & de Filippo, G. (Eds.), Researches on Wildlife Conservation, 4 IGF Publ., USA., ISBN 978-1-326-47086-9. pp. 1–22.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Phoxinus likai". FishBase.