Common minnow

Common minnow
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Phoxininae
Genus:	Phoxinus
Species:	P. phoxinus
Binomial name
	Phoxinus phoxinus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	List Cyprinus phoxinus Linnaeus, 1758 ; Leuciscus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Cyprinus aphya Linnaeus, 1758 ; Salmo rivularis Pallas, 1773 ; Cyprinus rivularis (Pallas, 1773) ; Phoxinus rivularis (Pallas, 1773) ; Cyprinus morella Leske, 1774 ; Cyprinus isetensis Georgi, 1775 ; Cyprinus galian Gmelin, 1789 ; Cyprinus chrysoprasius Pallas, 1814 ; Phoxinus laevis Fitzinger, 1832 ; Phoxinus varius Perty, 1832 ; Phoxinus marsilii Heckel, 1836 ; Cyprinus lumaireul Schinz, 1840 ; Phoxinus lumaireul (Schinz, 1840) ; Phoxynus montanus Ogérien, 1863 ; Phoxinus csikii Hankó, 1922 ;

The Eurasian minnow, minnow, or 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 throughout much of Eurasia, from Britain and Spain to eastern Siberia, predominantly in cool (12–20 °C (54–68 °F)) streams and well-oxygenated lakes and ponds. It is noted for being a gregarious species, shoaling in large numbers.

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