''Oreoleuciscus'' is a genus of freshwater

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belonging to the

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Leuciscidae Leuciscidae is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes, formerly classified as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae, which contains the true minnows. Members of the Old World (OW) clade of minnows within this subfamily are known as European minnow ...

, which includes the

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chub Chub is a common fish name. It pertains to any one of a number of ray-finned fish in several families and general. In the UK, the term ''chub'' usually refers to the species '' Squalius cephalus''. In addition, see sea chub. In family Cyprinid ...

s and true minnows. These are medium to large sizef fishes which are only found in Mongolia and adjacent parts of Russia. They are known as osmans.

Taxonomy

''Oreoleucuscus'' was first proposed as a genus in 1889 by the Russian

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() with ''Chondrostoma potanini'' designated as its

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in 1912 by

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.described by

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in 1879 with its type locality given as

Dayan Lake Dayan Lake (, zh, 达彥湖) is a lake located the district of Sagsai, in the Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia. It is recognized by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area since 2009. It is located in the Altai Tavan Bogd Nat ...

in Mongolia. This genus is classified within the

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Pseudaspininae Pseudaspininae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which contains the true minnows. It is also known as the Far East Asian (FEA) clade of minnows. As the name suggests, all members of this family are ...

of the family

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Oreoleuciscus angusticephalus'' Bogutskaya, 2001 (Narrow-headed Altai osman) * '' Oreoleuciscus dsapchynensis'' Warpachowski, 1889 * '' Oreoleuciscus humilis'' Warpachowski, 1889 (Dwarf Altai osman) * ''

Oreoleuciscus potanini ''Oreoleuciscus potanini'', the Altai osman, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which contains the daces, chubs, true minnows and related species. It inhabits Mongolia and Tuva Tuva (; ) or T ...

'' ( Kessler, 1879) (Altai osman)

References

Pseudaspininae {{Leuciscidae-stub