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Razorbelly minnow

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Razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma bacaila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Salmostoma
Swainson, 1839
Type species
Cyprinus oblongus
Swainson, 1839
Species

13 See text

Synonyms

Salmophasia

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.[1]

Species

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There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[2]

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)

Salmostoma untrahi

(F. Day, 1869)

Mahanadi razorbelly minnow

References

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  1. ^ William Eschmeyer, ed. (2017). "Search Results from the Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Salmostoma in FishBase. October 2017 version.