Hemiculter

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".

Species

Sharpbelly

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderCypriniformes
FamilyCyprinidae

Habitatbrackish, freshwater

Observations1,137

Observations recorded22,354

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 37
Family: Cyprinidae
Collections: USNM, ANSP, CAS, NHMUK, FMNH, NRM
Recorded in: China, Vietnam, Taiwan

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Cyprinidae
Image: Востробрюшки, пойманные в Амуре.JPG

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taxon name: Hemiculter
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Hemiculter
Commons category: Hemiculter

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== Species == Hemiculter contains the following species: 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

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