Hemiculter is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The species in this genusare found in eastern Asia from Siberia to Viet Nam. 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 | |
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| Sharpbelly, Hemiculter leucisculus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Hemiculter Bleeker, 1860[1] |
| Type species | |
| Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855)[1]
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Species
editHemiculter contains the following species:[2]
- Hemiculter elongatus V. H. Nguyễn & S. V. Ngô, 2001
- Hemiculter krempfi Pellegrin & Chevey, 1938
- Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) (Sharpbelly)
- Hemiculter nikolskyi Vasil’eva, Vasil’ev & Shedko, 2022 (Nikolsky’ sharpbelly)
- Hemiculter tchangi P. W. Fang, 1942
- Hemiculter yungaoi Vasil'eva, Vasil'ev & Shedko, 2022
References
edit- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hemiculter". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- "Hemiculter". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemiculter". FishBase. August 2011 version.
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