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Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

154326 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154326)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Cypriniformes (Order)
  11. Cyprinidae (Family)
  12. Leuciscinae (Subfamily)
  13. Phoxinus (Genus)
  14. Phoxinus phoxinus (Species)
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Species
Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

(of Cyprinus phoxinus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154326 on 2026-08-04
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2005-04-18 08:19:08Z
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Appeltans, Ward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyprinus phoxinus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Salmo rivularis Pallas, 1773) Pallas, P.S. (1771). Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Theil 1. Physicalische Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs im 1768- und 1769 sten Jahren. <em>St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 12+504+6 pp., 26 figs, maps., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN329913735
page(s): 617, 717 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cyprinus aphya Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyprinus chrysoprasius Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29102052
page(s): 318 [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus galian Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.125970
page(s): 1421 [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus morella Leske, 1774) Leske, N. G. (1774). Ichthyologiae Lipsiensis specimen. <em>Lipsiae (S. L. Crusius).</em> i-iv + 1-82.
page(s): 47 [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus isetensis Georgi, 1775) Georgi, J. G. (1775). Bemerkungen einer Reise im russischen Reich in 1772. <em>St. Petersburg.</em> 2 vols. 1-920. [V. 1, p., 1-506; v. 2, p. 507-920.].
page(s): 621 [details] 

original description (of Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836) Heckel, J. J. (1836). Über einige neue, oder nicht gehörig unterschiedene Cyprinen, nebst einer systematischen Darstellung der europäischen Gattungen dieser Gruppe. <em>Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 1 (no. 10): 219-234, Pls. 19-21. [details] 

original description (of Phoxinus varius Perty, 1832) Perty, J. A. M. (1832). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fauna Monacensis. <em>Isis (Oken).</em> v. 25 (no. 7): 712-733. [details] 

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
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Dutch elrits  [details]
English minnow  [details]
French vairon  [details]
German PfrilleMaipiereElritzeBitterfisch  [details]
Lithuanian rainė  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κοκκινόγαστρος  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål ørekyt  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk ørekyt  [details]
Polish strzebla potokowa  [details]
Russian обыкновенный гольян  [details]
Slovenian pisanec  [details]
Spanish piscardo  [details]
Swedish elritsa  [details]
Turkish otbalığıotbaligi  [details]
Ukrainian Гольян звичайний  [details]
Welsh pilcodyn  [details]
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes) (from synonym Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836)
To Barcode of Life (567 barcodes) (from synonym Phoxinus lumaireul (Schinz, 1840))
To Barcode of Life (667 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyprinus isetensis Georgi, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (113 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus phoxinus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus chrysoprasius Pallas, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Phoxinus varius Perty, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Phoxynus montanus Ogérien, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (235 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus rivularis (Pallas, 1773))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (256 publications) (from synonym Phoxinus laevis Fitzinger, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus morella Leske, 1774)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus galian Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Phoxinus phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Phoxinus rivularis (Pallas, 1773))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Salmo rivularis Pallas, 1773)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus aphya Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phoxinus csikii) (from synonym Phoxinus csikii Hankó, 1922)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phoxinus lumaireul) (from synonym Phoxinus lumaireul (Schinz, 1840))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phoxinus marsilii) (from synonym Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phoxinus phoxinus) 
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus aphya Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus chrysoprasius Pallas, 1814)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salmo rivularis Pallas, 1773)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus phoxinus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Phoxinus laevis Fitzinger, 1832)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishbase (from synonym Phoxinus csikii Hankó, 1922)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus galian Gmelin, 1789)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus isetensis Georgi, 1775)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus morella Leske, 1774)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus rivularis (Pallas, 1773))
To Fishbase (from synonym Phoxinus rivularis (Pallas, 1773))
To Fishbase (from synonym Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836)
To Fishbase (from synonym Phoxinus laevis balchaschana Kessler, 1879)
To Fishbase (from synonym Phoxynus montanus Ogérien, 1863)
To Fishbase (from synonym Phoxinus varius Perty, 1832)
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (1970 nucleotides; 1431 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus lumaireul Schinz, 1840)
To GenBank (1970 nucleotides; 1431 proteins) (from synonym Phoxinus lumaireul (Schinz, 1840))
To GenBank (199 nucleotides; 144 proteins) (from synonym Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836)
To GenBank (244 nucleotides; 158 proteins) (from synonym Phoxinus csikii Hankó, 1922)
To GenBank (6133 nucleotides; 61244 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (6133 nucleotides; 61244 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus morella Leske, 1774)
To GenBank (6133 nucleotides; 61244 proteins) 
To GenBank (6133 nucleotides; 61244 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus phoxinus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Phoxinus csikii Hankó, 1922)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Phoxinus lumaireul (Schinz, 1840))
To PESI 
To ITIS
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