Alburninae is a small subfamily of the
carp and
minnow
Minnow is the common name for a number of species of small freshwater fish, belonging to several genera of the families Cyprinidae and Leuciscidae. They are also known in Ireland as pinkeens.
Smaller fish in the subfamily Leusciscidae are c ...
family of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
, the
Cyprinidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously considered to be part of the
Leuciscinae
Leuciscinae is a subfamily of the freshwater fish family Cyprinidae, which contains the true minnows.
Members of the Old World (OW) clade of minnows within this subfamily are known as European minnows. As the name suggests, most members of the O ...
, but if the three Alburninae genera are included in that subfamily, it is
paraphyletic. The Alburninae are still a contentious group and some authorities consider it to consist of two distinct
clades, making it biphyletic.
References
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Ray-finned fish subfamilies