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

Leuciscus Cuvier, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aspius*	Agassiz, 1832	synonym

Children

Leuciscus aspius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leuciscus bearnensis (Blanchard, 1865)
Leuciscus burdigalensis Valenciennes, 1844
Leuciscus danilewskii (Kessler, 1877)
Leuciscus idus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4].
taxonomy source	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.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Leuciscus Cuvier, 1816. 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:154317

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Leuciscus Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7f67ac02-79e7-4557-ad9f-324a50c50dfc