Telestes Bonaparte [C. L.] 1840:Pl. 115 fig. 1 Masc. Telestes savignyi Bonaparte 1840. Type by monotypy. Spelled Savignyi on plate. Appeared later in Introduzione as Telestes savygny (Leuciscus savygnyi, Valenc.) [ref. 514]. Jordan 1919:141 [ref. 2410] has as type Telestes muticellus Bonaparte. •Synonym of Leuciscus Cuvier 1816, but a valid subgenus Telestes as described -- (Bănărescu 1997:28 [ref. 23274]). •Valid as Telestes Bonaparte 1840 -- (Ketmaier et al. 1998:46 [ref. 23809], Ketmaier et al. 2004:1061 [ref. 27950], Freyhof et al. 2006:418 [ref. 28484], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:154, 281 [ref. 29996], Perea et al. 2010:4, 15 [ref. 31802], Marchetto et al. 2010:2 [ref. 31838], Marčić et al. 2011:418 [ref. 31443], Bogutskaya et al. 2012:54 [ref. 32007]). Current status: Valid as Telestes Bonaparte 1840. Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae.