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Definition of Phoxinus laevis

Phoxinus laevis
Minnow Min"now, n. [OE. menow, cf. AS. myne; also OE. menuse, OF. menuise small fish; akin to E. minish, minute.] [Written also minow.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus l[ae]vis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus, Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog.

Meaning of Phoxinus laevis from wikipedia

- 1980 Phoxinus laevis Fitzinger, 1832 syn. P. phoxinus below Phoxinus likai Bianco & De Bonis, 2015 Phoxinus lumaireul Schinz, 1840 syn. P. phoxinus below...
- common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is a small species of freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is the type species of genus Phoxinus. It is ubiquitous...
- hypothesized that neurosecretory neurons in the hypothalamus of teleost fish, Phoxinus laevis, had secretory activity similar to that of endocrine gland cells. As...
- & Wolski, 1910 Phoxinus jelskii Dybowski, 1869 Phoxinus laevis var. punctatus Benecke, 1881 Phoxinus percnurus (Pallas, 1814) Phoxinus percnurus dauricus...
- idus (introduced) Common dace, Leuciscus leuciscus Eurasian minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus Fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas (introduced) Topmouth gudgeon...
- crispus MacGillivray, 1827 O. laevis MacGillivray, 1827 O. brevirostris Ogilby, 1832 O. agilis de Vis, 1886 O. phoxinus O. Thomas, 1923 O. triton O. Thomas...
- Gudgeon, Gobio gobio Common dace, Leuciscus leuciscus Common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus Common roach, Rutilus rutilus Common rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus...
- (Pethia sharmai) Phoxinellus alepidotus Phoxinellus anatolicus Phoxinus strandjae Phoxinus strymonicus Poropuntius bolovenensis Poropuntius consternans...
- laetum laevis L smooth red-e**** ********in bug, Platymeris laevicollis; smooth bedstraw, Cruciata laevipes All pages with titles containing Laevis lagus...
- minnow (Phenacobius uranops) Phoxinus bigerri Phoxinus colchicus Phoxinus lumaireul Common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) Phoxinus septimaniae Bluntnose minnow...