Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae > Subfamily Leuciscinae > Genus Phoxinus

Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phoxinus*	Rafinesque, 1820	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: elritse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: elrits sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

English: minnow sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

French: vairon sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

German: Bitterfisch; Elritze; Maipiere; Pfrille sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

Greek: Κοκκινόγαστρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: rainė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: ørekyt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: ørekyt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: strzebla potokowa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: обыкновенный гольян sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: pisanec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: piscardo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: elritsa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: otbaligi; otbalığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Гольян звичайний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: pilcodyn

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Phoxinus phoxinus, Serbia, by Sediva, A.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154326

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1b76685e-7e61-4014-9a3e-6098b5dab89e