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Psilorhynchus
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Psilorhynchus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Psilorhynchidae native to South Asia. This genus is the only member of its family. The members of Psilorhynchus are small benthic fishes which occur in rivers and streams with fast to swift currents, hence they are often referred to as torrent minnows. They are distributed in southern Asia, in the Indo-Burma region and the Western Ghats.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyPsilorhynchidae
Vissen Psilorhynchus is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de spoelgrondels (Psilorhynchidae). Soorten Psilorhynchus amplicephalus Arunachalam, Muralidharan & Sivakumar, 2007 Psilorhynchus arunachalensis (Nebeshwar, Bagra & Das, 2007) Psilorhynchus balitora (Hamilton, 1822) Psilorhynchus brachyrhynchus Conway & Britz, 2010 Psilorhynchus breviminor Conway & Mayden, 2008 Psilorhynchus gokkyi Conway & Britz, 2010 Psilorhynchus gracilis Rainboth, 1983 Psilorhynchus homaloptera Hora & Mukerji, 1935 Psilorhynchus melissa Conway & Kottelat, 2010 Psilorhynchus microphthalmus Vishwanath & Manojkumar, 1995 Psilorhynchus nepalensis Conway & Mayden, 2008 Psilorhynchus pavimentatus Conway & Kottelat, 2010 Psilorhynchus piperatus Conway & Britz, 2010 Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis Menon & Datta, 1964 Psilorhynchus rahmani Conway & Mayden, 2008 Psilorhynchus robustus Conway & Kottelat, 2007 Psilorhynchus sucatio (Hamilton, 1822) Psilorhynchus tenura Arunachalam & Muralidharan, 2008
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Psilorhynchidae
- Collections
- AUM, KU, UF, NRM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar
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- Parent taxon
- Psilorhynchidae
- Image
- Psilorhynchus sucatio 2.jpg
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Psilorhynchus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Psilorhynchidae native to South Asia. This genus is the only member of its family. The members of Psilorhynchus are small benthic fishes which occur in rivers and streams with fast to swift currents, hence they are often referred to as torrent minnows. They are distributed in southern Asia, in the Indo-Burma region and the Western Ghats.
The genus is the sister group to the family Cyprinidae, and with that family the Psilorhynchidae makes up the superfamily Cyprinoidea, with all the other cypriniform families in the superfamily Cobitoidea.
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