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Taxonomy from Gaudant 1994. The fossil cyprinid fish from the Dietrichsberg site were independently described as Palaeoleuciscus dietrichsbergensis by E. Böhme in 1993 and as P. cf. etilius by J. Gaudant in 1994. Description (Gaudant 1994, p. 225. Translated from French by oilshale): Fossil cyprinidae from Dietrichsberg are generally small fishes with standard lengths mostly between 35 and 70 mm, although the range of observed standard lengths varies from 17.5 to 85 mm. In addition, two isolated heads preserved in the Staatliches Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie zu Dresden are from individuals whose standard lengths can be estimated at 227 and 250 mm respectively (specimens S.M.M.G.D. - ThT 121 and - ThT 122). The body is relatively slender, its maximum height being generally included 4.5 to 5 times in the standard length. The head, whose length represents nearly a third (28 to 33%) of the standard length, is relatively large. The caudal fin is bilobed; its length is generally equal to 1/4 to 1/5 of the standard length.“ Line drawing (Gaudant 1994, p. 231): Identified by oilshale. References: Böhme, E. (1993) Eine Untermiozäne Fischfauna (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) vom Dietrichsberg bei Vacha/Rhön. Freiberger Forschungsheft C 450, Paläontologie, p. 116-140. Gaudant, J. (1994) Sur la présence du genre Palaeoleuciscus OBRHELOVÁ (Poissons téléostéens, Cyprinidae) dans le Miocene inférieur ou moyen (?) du Dietrichsberg, près de Vacha (Thuringe). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 68, p.223-243.