''Petroleuciscus'' is a genus of four species of

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in the family

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. It was usually included in ''

Leuciscus ''Leuciscus'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are inland water fishes commonly called Eurasian daces. The genus is widespread from Europe to Siberia. Species broadly distributed in Europe include the common dace ''Le ...

'' until recently. This genus unites the Ponto-Caspian

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s and daces. Recent research has indicated that ''Petroleuciscus esfahani'' is probably a

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of ''

Alburnus doriae ''Alburnus doriae'' is a species of cyprinid fish from Iran. It was previously thought to be restricted to central Iran, but recent research shows that it is more widespread and that ''Alburnus amirkabiri'' and ''Petroleuciscus esfahani'' are pro ...

''.

Species

* ''

Petroleuciscus borysthenicus The Dnieper chub or the Black Sea chub (''Petroleuciscus borysthenicus'') is a species of cyprinid fish from Eastern Europe. It is found in Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially t ...

'' (

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, 1859) (Dnieper chub) * ''

Petroleuciscus esfahani ''Petroleuciscus esfahani'' is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish from Iran. It is size of about 10 cm. The status of ''P. eshefani'' as an independent species has been questioned: rather it is probably a synonym A synonym is a word, morph ...

'' Coad & Bogutskaya, 2010 * ''

Petroleuciscus kurui The Tigris chub (''Petroleuciscus kurui'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the upper Tigris drainage in southeastern Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a ...

'' ( Bogutskaya, 1995) (Tigris chub) * ''

Petroleuciscus smyrnaeus ''Petroleuciscus smyrnaeus'', also known as the Izmir chub or Smyrna chub, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Greece and Turkey. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat d ...

'' (

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, 1896)

References

* Taxa named by Nina Gidalevna Bogutskaya Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Leuciscinae-stub