Leuciscus
Orfe ( Leuciscus idus )
Leuciscus (Greek leukos - shiny, bright, white, referring to the silver-colored scales on ) is a genus of the carp family. Their range extends across Europe, western and northern Asia. In general, there are freshwater residents who are in rivers and lakes at home. Some species are found in brackish water.
Features
There are relatively small-sized fish with an elongated, laterally slightly compressed body. The mouth is terminal or below constantly and bears no barbels. The sideline is always complete. The body is covered by medium to large scales. The dorsal and anal fin are quite short, the dorsal fin begins approximately at the level of the pelvic fins. Behind the pelvic fins of the abdomen is ungekielt. Leuciscus species have two rows of pharyngeal teeth, usually with the pharyngeal teeth formula 2.5 to 5.2; 3.5 to 5.3 or from 2.5 to 4.2.
Species
Since its inception, the genus has been repeatedly associated species or species removed from her, also changed several times, the scientific names of species within the genus. Many of its representatives form a series of local forms and sub-species.
- Asp ( Leuciscus aspius ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Leuciscus baicalensis ( Dybowski, 1874)
- Leuciscus bergi Kashkarov, 1925
- Leuciscus burdigalensis Valenciennes, 1844
- Leuciscus cephaloides Battalgil, 1942
- Chub ( Leuciscus cephalus ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Leuciscus chuanchicus ( Kessler, 1876)
- Leuciscus danilewskii ( Kessler, 1877)
- Leuciscus dzungaricus Paepke & Koch, 1998
- Leuciscus gaderanus Günther, 1899
- Aland ( Leuciscus idus ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Leuciscus illyricus ( Heckel & Kner, 1858)
- Leuciscus latus ( Keyserling, 1861)
- Leuciscus lehmanni Brandt, 1852
- Dace ( Leuciscus leuciscus ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Leuciscus lindbergi Zanin & Eremejev, 1934
- Leuciscus merzbacheri ( Zugmayer, 1912)
- Leuciscus microlepis ( Heckel, 1843)
- Leuciscus montenigrinus Vukovic, 1963
- Leuciscus muticellus Bonaparte, 1837
- Leuciscus pleurobipunctatus ( Stephanidis, 1939)
- Leuciscus polylepis ( Steindachner, 1866)
- Leuciscus schmidti ( Heart Stone, 1896)
- Strömer ( Leuciscus souffia ) Risso, 1826
- Leuciscus spurius ( Heckel, 1843)
- Leuciscus svallize ( Heckel & Kner, 1858)
- Leuciscus turskyi ( Heckel, 1843)
- Amur whitefish ( Leuciscus waleckii ) ( Dybowski, 1869)