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Sinibrama

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Cypriniformes

Subfamily
  
Cultrinae

Higher classification
  
Cyprinidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cyprinidae

Scientific name
  
Sinibrama

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Cyprinidae, Toxabramis, Xenocypris, Chanodichthys

Sinibrama is a small genus of cyprinid fishes, the five currently recognized species distributed in south China, Taiwan, Laos, and Vietnam. These are silvery fishes with deep, laterally compressed bodies, large eyes, and terminal mouths. They tend to grow no larger than 20 cm in standard length.

The taxonomy of the group is frequently disputed, as all forms are very similar with more or less overlapping morphometric data.

Species

The genus contains these species:

  • Sinibrama affinis (Vaillant, 1892)
  • Sinibrama longianalis Z. G. Xie, C. X. Xie & E. Zhang, 2003
  • Sinibrama macrops (Günther, 1868)
  • Sinibrama melrosei (Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927)
  • Sinibrama taeniatus (Nichols, 1941)
  • Sinibrama wui (Rendahl (de), 1932)
  • References

    Sinibrama Wikipedia