"phoxinus" akulona igama lesiNgisi elingatholakala kuzichazamazwi eziningi. Kodwa-ke, igama lebhayoloji elisetshenziselwa ukubhekisela ohlotsheni lwezinhlanzi ezincane zasemanzini ahlanzekile emndenini we-Cyprinidae, ngokuvamile owaziwa ngokuthi i-Eurasian minnow.