Squalius

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Squalius is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in Europe and Asia.[1] Hybridization is not rare in the Leuciscidae, including this genus. S. alburnoides is known to be of ancient hybrid origin, with the paternal lineage deriving from a prehistoric species related to Anaecypris; the latter mated with ancestral S. pyrenaicus. Present-day S. alburnoides mates with sympatric congeners of other species.[2]

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Squalius
Squalius carolitertii
Squalius pyrenaicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Squalius
Bonaparte, 1837
Type species
Leuciscus squalus
Bonaparte, 1837
Synonyms

Cephalopsis Fitzinger, 1873
Iberocypris Doadrio, 1980
Microlepis Bonaparte, 1846

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Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[3]

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