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:

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Psilorhynchus
  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. 1 2 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.


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