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Hemiculter

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Hemiculter

Higher classification
  
Cyprinidae

Order
  
Hemiculter ffishasiaphotossp102HemiculterleucisculusIF

Lower classifications
  
Sharpbelly, Hemiculter bleekeri, Ussuri sharpbelly

C m ng hemiculter leucisculus


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".

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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 Wikipedia


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