Phoxinus

Phoxinus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae of order Cypriniformes, and the only members of the subfamily Phoxininae, or Eurasian minnows. The type species is Phoxinus phoxinus. The other species in this genus are also commonly known as minnows. The name "minnow" was what early English fisherman used to describe "small and insignificant". The genus Phoxinus is found throughout Eurasia, and includes 21 known species. Previously, members of the North American genus Chrosomus were also believed to form part of this genus.

Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
 * Phoxinus apollonicus Bianco & De Bonis, 2015
 * Phoxinus bigerri Kottelat, 2007 (Adour minnow)
 * Phoxinus brachyurus L. S. Berg, 1912 (Seven River's minnow)
 * Phoxinus colchicus L. S. Berg, 1910
 * Phoxinus grumi L. S. Berg, 1907
 * Phoxinus issykkulensis L. S. Berg, 1912 (Issyk-kul' minnow)
 * Phoxinus jouyi (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
 * Phoxinus karsticus Bianco & De Bonis, 2015
 * Phoxinus keumkang (M. K. Chyung, 1977)
 * Phoxinus ketmaieri Bianco & De Bonis, 2015
 * Phoxinus kumgangensis L. T. Kim, 1980
 * Phoxinus laevis Fitzinger, 1832 syn. P. phoxinus below


 * Phoxinus likai Bianco & De Bonis, 2015
 * Phoxinus lumaireul Schinz, 1840 syn. P. phoxinus below


 * Phoxinus oxyrhynchus (T. Mori, 1930)
 * Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Eurasian minnow)
 * Phoxinus semotilus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1905)
 * Phoxinus septimaniae Kottelat, 2007
 * Phoxinus steindachneri Sauvage, 1883
 * Phoxinus strandjae Drensky, 1926 (Bulgarian minnow)
 * Phoxinus strymonicus Kottelat, 2007 (Aegean minnow)
 * Phoxinus tchangi X. Y. Chen, 1988
 * Phoxinus ujmonensis Kaschenko, 1899