Phoxinus Rafinesque 1820
Creators: name: Denys, Gaël P. J.
name: Dettai, Agnès
name: Persat, Henri
name: Daszkiewicz, Piotr
name: Hautecoeur, Mélyne
name: Keith, Philippe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Phoxinus

description: <b> Key to French species of <i>Phoxinus</i> (male)</b> 1a. – Z4 green; belly continuously red between pectoral and caudalfin bases....................... <i>Phoxinus csikii</i> 1b. – Z4 yellow or greyish; belly white, grey, black or red, if red, then red colour not extended to caudal fin base...... <b>2</b> 2a. – Flank bars reaching from Z2 to Z3, forming a stripe along Z3....................................... <b>3</b> 2b. – Flank bars reaching from Z2 to Z4 or Z5, not forming a stripe along Z3................................... <b>4</b> 3a. – Agreen stripe along Z3; Z4 yellow-green; pectoral fin yellow; no yellow dot between mouth and eye; lateral line incomplete, usually reaching to a point anterior of anal fin origin or slightly beyond base of last anal fin ray; 50-74 pored scales along lateral line; snout slightly stout; two scaled patches at pectoral fin bases separated by an unscaled area............................ <i>Phoxinus dragarum</i> 3b. – Ablack stripe along Z3; Z4 greyish; pectoral fin yel- low-orange with a red blotch behind inner fin base; a yel- low dot between mouth and eye; lateral line complete or incomplete, reaching beyond anal fin base to caudal fin base in some individuals; 73-86 pored scales along lateral line; snout slightly pointed; breast completely covered by scales between pectoral fin bases in some populations (two scaled patches at pectoral fin bases separated by an unscaled area in others)........................ <i>Phoxinusseptimaniae</i> 4a. – Bars crossing Z1 and Z5 black; belly greyish to black; analfinmarginstraighttoconvex....... <i>Phoxinusbigerii</i> 4b. – Bars crossing Z3 and Z4 green; belly red, pinkish or pale orange; anal fin margin straight to slightly concave................................................. <b>5</b> 5a. – Z4 bright yellow; flank bars green with sharp margins; lips, pectoral, pelvic and anal fin bases and belly red; pecto- ral fin orange; snout stout and blunt.................................................. <i>Phoxinusfayollarum</i> 5b. – Z4 greenish yellow; flank bars green with diffuse mar- gin; lips, pectoral, pelvic and anal fin bases pinkish, belly pinkish or pale orange; pectoral-fin yellow; snout slightly pointed.......................... <i>Phoxinus phoxinus</i> <b> Key to French species of <i>Phoxinus</i> (female)</b> 1a. – Flank bars reaching from Z2 to Z4, not forming a stripe along Z3; Z4 greyish................. <i>Phoxinusbigerri</i> 1b. – Flank bars reaching from Z2 to Z3, forming a stripe along Z3; Z4 yellow, greenor white................... <b>2</b> 2a. – Stripe along Z3 green, Z4 bright yellow; belly below pectoral fin origin red; pectoral, pelvic and anal fin bases red............................ <i>Phoxinusfayollarum</i> 2b. – Stripe along Z3 black, Z4 golden, white or greenish; belly completely white; pectoral, pelvic and anal fin bases pinkish......................................... <b>3</b> 3a. – Z4 golden; Z5 white; anal fin margin straight to slightly convex.............................. <i>Phoxinus csikii</i> 3b. – Z4 white or greenish; Z5 black; anal fin margin straight toslightly concave................................ <b>4</b> 4a. – Z4 white; breast between pectoral fin origins com- pletely covered by scales in some populations (two scaled patches at pectoral fin bases separated by an unscaled area in others)........................ <i>Phoxinusseptimaniae</i> 4b. – Z4 greenish; breast between pectoral fin origins with scale patches separated by unscaled area or connected by 1-2 rowsof scales.................................... <b>5</b> 5a. – Z4 green; lateral line incomplete, reaching to beyond anal fin base, to caudal peduncle; snout slightly pointed.................................... <i>Phoxinusphoxinus</i> 5b. – Z4 green-ochre; lateral line incomplete, usually reach- ing to a point anterior of anal fin origin or slightly beyond baseoflastanalfin ray; snoutslightly stout.............................................. <i>Phoxinus dragarum</i>
description: Published as part of <i>Denys, Gaël P. J., Dettai, Agnès, Persat, Henri, Daszkiewicz, Piotr, Hautecoeur, Mélyne &amp; Keith, Philippe, 2020, Revision of Phoxinus in France with the description of two new species (Teleostei, Leuciscidae), pp. 205-238 in Cybium 44 (3)</i> on page 226, DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2020-443-003, http://zenodo.org/record/7806280