Hemiculter
Hemiculter is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of eight species native to fresh water of eastern Asia (Siberia to Vietnam). 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".
| Hemiculter | |
|---|---|
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| Sharpbelly, Hemiculter leucisculus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cultrinae |
| Genus: | Hemiculter Bleeker, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) | |
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 Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Hemiculter in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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