Razorbelly minnow

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Razorbelly minnow
Chela bacaila Day 152.jpg
Salmostoma bacaila
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Salmostoma
Swainson, 1839
Type species
Cyprinus oblongus
Swainson, 1839
Species

13 See text

Synonyms

Salmophasia

The razorbelly minnows are a group of fish in the genus Salmostoma found in southern Asia. They have been placed in the genus Salmophasia but this is regarded as a junior synonym of Salmostoma.[1]

Species[]

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Salmostoma acinaces (Valenciennes, 1844) (silver razorbelly minnow)
  • Salmostoma bacaila (F. Hamilton, 1822) (large razorbelly minnow)
  • Salmostoma balookee (Sykes, 1839) (Bloch razorbelly minnow)
  • Salmostoma belachi (Jayaraj, Krishna Rao, Ravichandra Reddy, & Devaraj, 1999)
  • Salmostoma boopis (F. Day, 1874) (Boopis razorbelly minnow)
  • Salmostoma horai (, 1951) (Hora razorbelly minnow)
  • Salmostoma novacula (Valenciennes, 1840) (Novacula razorbelly minnow)
  • Salmostoma orissaensis (Bănărescu, 1968) (Orissa razorbelly minnow)
  • Salmostoma phulo (F. Hamilton, 1822) (finescale razorbelly minnow)
  • Salmostoma punjabense (F. Day, 1872) (Punjab razorbelly minnow)
  • Salmostoma sardinella (Valenciennes, 1844) (Sardinella razorbelly minnow)
  • Salmostoma sladoni (F. Day, 1870)
  • Salmostoma untrahi (F. Day, 1869) (Mahanadi razorbelly minnow)

References[]

  1. ^ William Eschmeyer, ed. (2017). "Search Results from the Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Salmostoma in FishBase. October 2017 version.


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