Pelasgus (fish)
Genus of fishes
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Pelasgus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. The fishes in the genus are endemic to the Balkans.
| Pelasgus | |
|---|---|
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| Epiros minnow (Pelasgus thesproticus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Pelasgus Kottelat & Freyhof, 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudophoxinus laconicus Kottelat & Barbieri, 2004 | |
Species
These are currently described species in this genus:[1]
- Pelasgus epiroticus (Steindachner, 1895)
- Pelasgus laconicus (Kottelat & Barbieri, 2004) (Evrotas minnow)
- Pelasgus marathonicus (Vinciguerra, 1921) (Marathon minnow)
- Pelasgus minutus (S. L. Karaman, 1924) (Ohrid minnow)
- Pelasgus prespensis (S. L. Karaman, 1924) (Prespa minnow)
- Pelasgus stymphalicus (Valenciennes, 1844) (dáska)
- Pelasgus thesproticus (Stephanidis, 1939) (Epiros minnow)
