Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Cypriniformes > Family: Cyprinidae > Genus: Phoxinus > Species: Phoxinus phoxinus

Common minnow - Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by 1 international agreement
Reported as invasive by NOBANIS, see also fact sheet

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Legal text Annex Conditions More information
Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention) http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/species-and-habitats

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Äling Swedish Fishbase
Amarante French Fishbase
Arlequin French Fishbase
Blutelritze German Fishbase
Boet Romanian Fishbase
Boisca Romanian Fishbase
Boiste Romanian Fishbase
Boistean Romanian Fishbase
Charbonnier French Fishbase
Cippa French Fishbase
Common minnow English Fishbase
Craesc Romanian Fishbase
Craet Romanian Fishbase
Crai Romanian Fishbase
Cuzeau French Fishbase
Edling French Fishbase
Elrits Danish Fishbase
Elrits Dutch Fishbase
Elritsa Swedish Fishbase
Elritse Danish Fishbase
Elritze German Fishbase
Fürge cselle Hungarian Fishbase
Gagica Serbian Fishbase
Garlesco French Fishbase
Gol'yan-krasavka Russian Fishbase
Goljan Russian Fishbase
Golyan obyknovennyi Russian Fishbase
Grisette French Fishbase
Kvidd Swedish Fishbase
Leshanka Bulgarian Fishbase
Libin Irish (recte Irish Gaelic) Fishbase
Minnow English Fishbase
Mutu Finnish Fishbase
Orekyte Norwegian Fishbase
Pescardo Spanish Fishbase
Petit blanc French Fishbase
Pfelle German Fishbase
Pfrille German Fishbase
Pisanec Slovenian Fishbase
Piscardo Spanish Fishbase
Sanguinerola Italian Fishbase
Scrofita Romanian Fishbase
Skort pellgjesh Albanian Fishbase
Sprille French Fishbase
Strevle potocni Czech Fishbase
Strzebla potokowa Polish Fishbase
Vairon French Fishbase
Veirou French Fishbase
Verdete Romanian Fishbase
Verdou French Fishbase
Véricle French Fishbase
Verzisoara Romanian Fishbase
Voiron French Fishbase
Wetling French Fishbase
Zlatica Macedonian Fishbase
Ørekyt Norwegian Fishbase
Synonym Author
Phoxinus lumaireul Schinz, 1840

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea
FishBase FishBase
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species
European Environment Agency (EEA)
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