Leucaspius

Leucaspius
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Leucaspius
Heckel & Kner, 1858
Species:
L. delineatus
Binomial name
Leucaspius delineatus
Heckel, 1843
Synonyms
  • Squalius delineatus Heckel, 1843
  • Aspius ovsianka Czernay, 1851
  • Leucaspius abruptus Heckel & Kner, 1857
  • Leuciscus pigmeus Platera, 1861
  • Owsianka czernayi Dybowski, 1862
  • Leucaspius relictus Warpachowski, 1889
  • Leucaspius delineatus var. dimorphus Ruzsky, 1914
  • Phoxinellus thracicus Battalgil, 1942

Leucaspius is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Leuciscinae, of the family Leuciscidae. The only species in this genus is Leucaspius delineatus, known as the sunbleak, belica or moderlieschen. Thus species is found in Europe and Western Asia.

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