souffia, Leuciscus Risso [A.] 1827:438 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] River Var, France. No types known. See discussion in Kottelat 1997:70-71 [ref. 22952] and Kottelat & Freyhof 2009:80 [ref. 30320]. •Valid as Leuciscus souffia Risso 1827 -- (Lelek 1987:207 [ref. 22962], Kottelat 1997:70 [ref. 22952], Briolay et al. 1998:101 [ref. 25586], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:170 [ref. 28369]). •Valid as Telestes souffia (Risso 1827) -- (Ketmaier et al. 1998:47 [ref. 23809], Freyhof et al. 2006:418 [ref. 28484], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:287 [ref. 29996], Freyhof & Özuluğ 2010:318 [ref. 30686], Perea et al. 2010:15 [ref. 31802], Bianco & Delmastro 2011:4 [ref. 31648], Marčić et al. 2011:421 [ref. 31443], Ćaleta et al. 2019:170 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:252 [ref. 37108], Veličković et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37419], Nagy et al. 2023:357 [ref. 40348]). Current status: Valid as Telestes souffia (Risso 1827). Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Southern Europe: from Aude to Var drainages, France and Switzerland, Soča drainage in Slovenia and Italy, Rhine drainage in Germany and Switzerland, Danube basin and Black Sea drainages. Habitat: freshwater.