Razorbelly minnow
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]
| Razorbelly minnow | |
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| Salmostoma bacaila | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Salmostoma Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus oblongus Swainson, 1839 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Salmophasia | |
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, Shakuntala & Devaraj, 1999)
- Salmostoma boopis (F. Day, 1874) (Boopis razorbelly minnow)
- Salmostoma horai (Silas, 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
- William Eschmeyer, ed. (2017). "Search Results from the Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Salmostoma in FishBase. October 2017 version.
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