Onychostoma is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia.

Onychostoma
Onychostoma alticorpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Onychostoma
Günther, 1896
Type species
Onychostoma laticeps
Günther, 1896
Synonyms
  • Scaphesthes Ōshima, 1919
  • Scaphiodontella Oshima, 1920

Species

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There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. ^ a b Hoang Huy Duc; Pham Hung Manh; Tran Ngan Trong (2015). "Two new species of shovel-jaw carp Onychostoma (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from southern Vietnam" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3962 (1): 123–138. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.6. PMID 26249380.
  2. ^ Jang-Liaw, N.-H. & Chen, I-S. (2013): Onychostoma minnanensis, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Fujian, southern mainland China, with comments on the mitogenetic differentiation among related species. Ichthyological Research, 60 (1): 62-74.