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Psilorhynchus

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Psilorhynchus
Psilorhynchus balitora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Psilorhynchidae
Hora, 1926[1]
Genus: Psilorhynchus
McClelland, 1838
Type species
Cyprinus sucatio
Synonyms[2]

Psilorhynchoides Yazdani, Singh & Rao, 1993

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.[3]

Species

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There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psilorhynchidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  3. ^ Kevin W. Conway (2011). "Osteology of the South Asian Genus Psilorhynchus McClelland, 1839 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae), with investigation of its phylogenetic relationships within the order Cypriniformes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (1): 50–154. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00698.x.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Psilorhynchus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 December 2024.