Telestes is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. Many of the species in this genus were formerly usually included in Leuciscus.
Species
These are the currently recognised species in this genus:
- Telestes alfiensis <small>(Stephanidis, 1971)</small>
- Telestes beoticus <small>(Stephanidis, 1939)</small> (Paskóviza)
- Telestes comes <small>(Costa, 1838)</small>
- Telestes croaticus <small>(Steindachner, 1866)</small> (Croatian pijor)
- Telestes dabar <small>Bogutskaya, ZupanÃÂiÃÂ, Bogut & Naseka, 2012</small> (Dabarsko dace)
- Telestes fontinalis <small>(M. S. Karaman (), 1972)</small> (Spring pijor)
- Telestes karsticus <small>MarÃÂiÃÂ, Buj, DupliÃÂ, ÃÂaleta, MustafiÃÂ, Zanella, ZupanÃÂiÃÂ & MrakovÃÂiÃÂ, 2011</small> (Karst dace)
- Telestes metohiensis <small>(Steindachner, 1901)</small> (Striped dace)
- Telestes miloradi <small>Bogutskaya, ZupanÃÂiÃÂ, Bogut & Naseka, 2012</small> (Konavle dace)
- Telestes montenigrinus <small>(VukoviÃÂ, 1963)</small> (Montenegro riffle dace)
- Telestes muticellus <small>(Bonaparte, 1837)</small> (Italian riffle dace)
- Telestes pleurobipunctatus <small>(Stephanidis, 1939)</small> (Epiros riffle dace)
- Telestes polylepis <small>Steindachner, 1866</small> (Croatian dace)
- Telestes savigny <small>Bonaparte, 1840</small>
- Telestes souffia <small>(A. Risso, 1827)</small> (Western riffle dace)
- Telestes turskyi <small>(Heckel, 1843)</small> (Tursky's dace)
- Telestes ukliva <small>(Heckel, 1843)</small> (Cetina dace)
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