Chondrostoma

Nases
Common nase, C. nasus.
Note mouth to the lower left of eye.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Chondrostoma
Agassiz, 1832
Type species
Cyprinus nasus
Species

See text

Synonyms

Chondrostoma (from the Ancient Greek roots χόνδρος (khondros) 'lump' + στόμα (stoma) 'mouth' = 'lump-mouth') is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae. They are commonly known as nases, although this term is also used locally to denote particular species, most frequently the common nase (C. nasus). The common name refers to the protruding upper jaw of these fishes; it is derived from the German term Nase 'nose'.

Several species have a very restricted range. Some of these endemics are very rare nowadays, and at least one species is globally extinct.

Systematics

In 2007 it was determined that the presumed monophyletic group consisted of six at least partly independent lineages of Leuciscinae, meaning that the rasping feeding apparatus evolved more than once. It was proposed to split the genus in six in consequence: Achondrostoma, Chondrostoma, Iberochondrostoma, Pseudochondrostoma, Protochondrostoma and Parachondrostoma. But at least Achondrostoma and Iberochondrostoma may not be separable.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Gante et al. (2007), Robalo et al. (2008)
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chondrostoma". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  4. ↑ Küçük, Fahrettin; Çiftçi, Yılmaz; Güçlü, Salim Serkan; Turan, Davut (2021-07-04). "Chondrostoma smyrnae, a new nase from the Tahtalı reservoir drainage in the Aegean Sea basin (Teleostei, Leuciscidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97 (1): 235–248. doi:10.3897/zse.97.63691. ISSN 1860-0743.
  5. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chondrostoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 March 2025.