Culter (fish)
Appearance
Culter | |
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Culter alburnus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Cultrinae |
Genus: | Culter Basilewsky, 1855 |
Type species | |
Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855
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Culter is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of four species found in freshwater of eastern Asia (Siberia to Vietnam). The name is derived from the Latin word culter, meaning "knife". Culter is closely related to Chanodichthys and some species have been moved between these genera.
Species
[edit]- Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855
- Culter flavipinnis Tirant, 1883
- Culter oxycephaloides Kreyenberg & Pappenheim, 1908
- Culter recurviceps (J. Richardson, 1846)
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Culter". FishBase. August 2011 version.