WoRMS taxon details

Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)

154599  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154599)

accepted
Species
Cyprinus dobula Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus graining Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus grislagine Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus lancastriensis Shaw, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus leuciscus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus mugilis Vallot, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus salax Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus simus Römer-Büchner, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus squalus Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus umbra Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Idus stagnalis Dubalen, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus argenteus Fitzinger, 1832 · unaccepted (homonym)
Leuciscus majalis Agassiz, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus rodens Agassiz, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus saltator Bonaparte, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Squalius chalybeius Heckel, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Squalius lepusculus Heckel, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Squalius leuciscus elata Fatio, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
Squalius mehdem Warpachowski, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Squalius vulgaris minor Walecki, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

(of Cyprinus leuciscus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154599 on 2025-04-03
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2005-04-19 07:59:47Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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2017-07-12 07:04:06Z
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2017-07-14 06:50:47Z
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2017-08-09 06:21:34Z
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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyprinus leuciscus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyprinus dobula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyprinus graining Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 36 [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus grislagine Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyprinus mugilis Vallot, 1837) Vallot, J. N. (1837). Ichthyologie française, ou histoire naturelle des poissons d'eau douce de la France. <em>E. Frantin, Dijon.</em> 1-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9144#/summary [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus lancastriensis Shaw, 1804) Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
page(s): 234 [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus squalus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 28, 705 [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus umbra Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 30, 705 [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus majalis Agassiz, 1835) Agassiz, L. (1835). Description de quelques espèces de cyprins du Lac de Neuchâtel, qui sont encore inconnues aux naturalistes. <em>Mémoires de la Société Neuchateloise des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 1: 33-48, Pls. 1-2. [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus rodens Agassiz, 1835) Agassiz, L. (1835). Description de quelques espèces de cyprins du Lac de Neuchâtel, qui sont encore inconnues aux naturalistes. <em>Mémoires de la Société Neuchateloise des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 1: 33-48, Pls. 1-2. [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus rostratus Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus saltator Bonaparte, 1846) Bonaparte, C.L. (1846). Catalogo metodico dei pesci europei. <em>Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli.</em> Part 2: 1-95.
page(s): 30 [details] 

original description (of Squalius mehdem Warpachowski, 1897) Warpachowski, N. A. (1897). On the ichthyological fauna of the Ob River basin. <em>Ezhegodnik, Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk.</em> v. 2: 241-271, Pls. 10-12. [In Russian.].
page(s): 255, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 187 [details] 

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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