Leucos
| Leucos | |
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| Leucos aula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Leucos Heckel, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Squalius aula Bonaparte, 1841
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Leucos is a genus of fishes in the family Cyprinidae, from Southern Europe. They are carp close to the genus Rutilus, and were only recently taxonomically distinguished from that genus.[1]
Molecular data suggest that Leucos diverged from Rutilus more than five million years ago, probably during the
Sarmarutilus.[1]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in the genus:[2]
- Leucos albus Marić, 2010
- Bonaparte, 1841
- Leucos basak Heckel, 1843 (Albanian roach)
- Leucos panosi Bogutskaya & Iliadou, 2006 (Acheloos roach)
- Leucos ylikiensis Economidis, 1991
References
- ^ a b c Bianco, P.G., Ketmaier, V. (2014). A revision of the Rutilus complex from Mediterranean Europe with description of a new genus, Sarmarutilus, and a new species, Rutilus stoumboudae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3841 (3): 379–402.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Leucos in FishBase. April 2016 version.