Discherodontus
Discherodontus is a genus of small cyprinid fishes found in rivers and streams in Mainland Southeast Asia and Yunnan in China.
| Discherodontus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Discherodontus Rainboth, 1989 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus ashmeadi Fowler, 1937 | |
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Discherodontus ashmeadi (Fowler, 1937)
- Discherodontus colemani (Fowler, 1937)
- Discherodontus halei (Duncker, 1904)
- Discherodontus parvus (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
- Discherodontus schroederi (H. M. Smith, 1945)
- Discherodontus somphongsi (Benl & Klausewitz, 1962)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Discherodontus in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
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