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
Sharpbelly, Hemiculter leucisculus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cultrinae
Genus: Hemiculter
Bleeker, 1860
Type species
Hemiculter leucisculus
(Basilewsky, 1855)

Species

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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