Silver razorbelly minnow

Silver razorbelly minnow
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Genus:Salmostoma
Species: S. acinaces
Binomial name
Salmostoma acinaces
Synonyms
  • Chela argentea Day, 1867
  • Oxygaster argentea Day, 1867
  • Salmophasia acinaces (Valenciennes, 1844)
  • Leuciscus acinaces Valenciennes, 1844

The silver razorbelly minnow (Salmostoma acinaces syn. Salmophasia acinaces) Chela Maach in Bengali is a species of ray-finned fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is native to India, where it occurs in many river systems.[1] It has also been reported from Bangladesh.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Dahanukar, N. 2011. Salmophasia acinaces. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. Downloaded on 22 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Salmostoma acinaces. FishBase. 2018.


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