Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae > Genus Pelecus

Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pelecus*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cyprinus cultratus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: sabbitza; sabitza; sаbitsа; Сабица sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: ziege sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: knife; razorfish; sabrefish; Ziege sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Knife; Razorfish; Sabrefish; Ziege sources: english PESI focal point

German: Dünnbauch; Messerfisch; Messerkarpf; Säbel; Sichelfisch; Sichling; Ziege sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: chekhon sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Romanian: sabita sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: сабля-рыба; чехонь; Чехонь обыкновенная sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Slovenian: sabljarka sources: Davorin Tome

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

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

Ukrainian: Чехоня; Чехоня звичайна

Literature

additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications)
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
GenBank (13 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282185

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304494