balchaschana, Phoxinus laevis var. Kessler [K. F.] 1879:283 [Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg v. 25; ref. 2598] Ajagus [Ayaguz] River near Sergiopol [Ayaguz], Lake Balkhash basin, Kazakhstan. Syntypes: (90+) ZIN 4149-50 (6+, 6+). Also appeared in Kessler 1879:234 [ref. 14266]. •Synonym of Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 1997:74 [ref. 22952]). •Questionably a synonym of Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 2006:88 [ref. 28831]). Current status: Synonym of Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus 1758). Leuciscidae: Phoxininae. Habitat: freshwater.