Psilorhynchus

Psilorhynchus
Psilorhynchus sucatio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Psilorhynchidae Hora, 1926
Genus:	Psilorhynchus McClelland, 1839
Type species
Cyprinus sucatio F. Hamilton 1822
Synonyms
Psilorhynchoides Yazdani, Singh & Rao, 1993

Psilorhynchus is the sole genus of fishes in the family Psilorhynchidae, the mountain carps. They are found in fast-flowing rivers and streams in South Asia and Myanmar.

Species

There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus:

• Psilorhynchus amplicephalus Arunachalam, Muralidharan & Sivakumar, 2007
• Psilorhynchus arunachalensis Nebeshwar, Bagra & D. N. Das, 2007
• Psilorhynchus balitora F. Hamilton, 1822 (Balitora minnow)
• Psilorhynchus brachyrhynchus Conway & Britz, 2010
• Psilorhynchus breviminor Conway & Mayden, 2008
• Psilorhynchus chakpiensis Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013 ^[1]
• Psilorhynchus gokkyi Conway & Britz, 2010
• Psilorhynchus hamiltoni Conway, Dittmer, Jezisek & H. H. Ng, 2013 ^[2]
• Psilorhynchus homaloptera Hora & Mukerji, 1935 (Torrent stone carp) ^[3]
• Psilorhynchus kaladanensis Lalramliana, Lalnuntluanga & Lalronunga, 2015 ^[4]
• Psilorhynchus khopai Lalramliana, Solo, Lalronunga & Lalnuntluanga, 2014 ^[5]
• Psilorhynchus maculatus Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013 ^[6]
• Psilorhynchus melissa Conway & Kottelat, 2010
• Psilorhynchus microphthalmus Vishwanath & Manojkumar, 1995
• Psilorhynchus nepalensis Conway & Mayden, 2008
• Psilorhynchus ngathanu Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013 ^[7]
• Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus Tilak & Husain, 1980 (Rainbow minnow) ^[4]
• Psilorhynchus olliei Conway & Britz, 2015 ^[8]
• Psilorhynchus pavimentatus Conway & Kottelat, 2010
• Psilorhynchus piperatus Conway & Britz, 2010
• Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis Menon & A. K. Datta, 1964
• Psilorhynchus rahmani Conway & Mayden, 2008
• Psilorhynchus robustus Conway & Kottelat, 2007
• Psilorhynchus rowleyi Hora & Misra, 1941 ^[9]
• Psilorhynchus sucatio F. Hamilton, 1822 (River stone carp)
• Psilorhynchus tenura Arunachalam & Muralidharan, 2008

References

1. Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): A new species of Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Chindwin basin of Manipur, India. Zootaxa, 3694 (4): 381–390.
2. Conway, K.W., Dittmer, D.E., Jezisek, L.E. & Ng, H.H. (2013): On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa, 3686 (2): 201–243.
3. Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2014): Redescription of Psilorhynchus homaloptera, a torrent minnow from Northeast India (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3) [2013]: 237-248.
4. Lalramliana, Lalnuntluanga & Lalronunga, S. (2015). "Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, a new species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India" (PDF). Zootaxa 3962 (1): 171–178. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.9.
5. LALRAMLIANA LALRAMLIANA, BEIHROSA SOLO, SAMUEL LALRONUNGA, LALNUNTLUANGA LALNUNTLUANGA (2014). "Psilorhynchus khopai, a new fish species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India". Zootaxa 3793 (2): 265–272. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.6.
6. Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): Psilorhynchus maculatus, a new species of torrent minnow from the Chindwin basin, Manipur, India (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (1): 57-62.
7. Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): Psilorhynchus ngathanu, a new torrent minnow species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Chindwin Basin, Manipur, India. Ichthyological Research, 61 (1): 27–31.
8. Conway, K.W. & Britz, R. (2015). "Psilorhynchus olliei, a new species of torrent minnow from eastern Myanmar (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 25 (4): 347–356.
9. Shangningam, B., Kosygin, L. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): Redescription of Psilorhynchus rowleyi Hora and Misra 1941 (Cypriniformes: Psilorhynchidae). Ichthyological Research, 60 (3): 249-255.