Razorbelly minnow
| Razorbelly minnow | |
|---|---|
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| Salmostoma bacaila | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Chedrinae |
| Genus: | Swainson, 1839[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus oblongus Swainson, 1839[1] | |
| Species | |
| 13 See text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The razorbelly minnows are a group of fish in the genus Salmostoma found in southern Asia. They have been placed in the genus Salmophasia but this is regarded as a junior synonym of Salmostoma.[2]
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[3]
| Species | Common Name | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Salmostoma acinaces (Valenciennes, 1844) | silver razorbelly minnow |  |
| Salmostoma bacaila (F. Hamilton, 1822) | large razorbelly minnow | |
| Salmostoma balookee (Sykes, 1839) | Bloch razorbelly minnow | |
| Salmostoma belachi (Jayaraj, Krishna Rao, Ravichandra Reddy, Shakuntala & Devaraj, 1999) | ||
| Salmostoma boopis (F. Day, 1874) | Boopis razorbelly minnow |  |
| Salmostoma horai (Silas, 1951) | Hora razorbelly minnow | |
| Salmostoma novacula (Valenciennes, 1840) | Novacula razorbelly minnow | |
| Salmostoma orissaensis (Bănărescu, 1968) | Orissa razorbelly minnow | |
| Salmostoma phulo (F. Hamilton, 1822) | finescale razorbelly minnow |  |
| Salmostoma punjabense (F. Day, 1872) | Punjab razorbelly minnow |  |
| Salmostoma sardinella (Valenciennes, 1844) | Sardinella razorbelly minnow |  |
| Salmostoma sladoni (F. Day, 1870) | .png) | |
| Salmostoma untrahi (F. Day, 1869) | Mahanadi razorbelly minnow |  |
References
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chedrinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ William Eschmeyer, ed. (2017). "Search Results from the Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Salmostoma". FishBase. October 2017 version.