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Leucaspius
Sign in to saveLeucaspius 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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Vinony's link graph records 32 inbound references to Leucaspius, and connects out to Actinopterygii, German and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Fish described in 1843, Fish of Asia and Freshwater fish of Europe.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Syria
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyprinidae
- Image
- LeucaspiusDelineatusMale.JPG
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- Leucaspius
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
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.
==Description== The belica is a slender fish with a tapered body which is usually from long and seldom grows larger than . It has an upward-turned mouth and a short lateral line which extends about seven to ten scales from the gill cover. The anal fin is short and consists of eleven to fourteen rays. This is a silvery fish with a particularly intense band of colour running along the flank.
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