Hemiculter
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| Hemiculter | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cultrinae |
| Genus: | Hemiculter Bleeker, 1860 |
| Species | |
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8, see text. | |
Hemiculter is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of 8 species. The type species is the Sharpbelly, Culter leucisculus. The name is derived from the Greek word hemis, meaning "half", and the Latin word culter, meaning "knife".
Species
- Hemiculter bleekeri Warpachowski, 1887
- Hemiculter elongatus V. H. Nguyễn & S. V. Ngô, 2001
- Hemiculter krempfi Pellegrin & Chevey, 1938
- Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) (Sharpbelly)
- Hemiculter lucidus (Dybowski, 1872) (Ussuri Sharpbelly)
- Hemiculter songhongensis V. H. Nguyễn & Nguyen, 2001
- Hemiculter tchangi P. W. Fang, 1942
- Hemiculter varpachovskii A. M. Nikolskii, 1903
References
- "Hemiculter". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Hemiculter in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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