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Hemiculter

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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".

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Sharpbelly

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCypriniformes
  5. FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
Observations1,137
Observations recorded22,354

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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 == 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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