Discherodontus

Discherodontus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Discherodontus
Rainboth, 1989
Type species
Barbus ashmeadi
Fowler, 1937
Synonyms
  • Protopuntius Rainboth, 1981

Discherodontus is a small genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Discherodontus in FishBase. October 2013 version.
  2. 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. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.


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