Psilorhynchus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Psilorhynchidae native to South Asia. This genus is the only member of its family. The members of Psilorhynchus are small benthic fishes which occur in rivers and streams with fast to swift currents, hence they are often referred to as torrent minnows. They are distributed in southern Asia, in the Indo-Burma region and the Western Ghats.
| Psilorhynchus | |
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| Psilorhynchus balitora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Psilorhynchidae Hora, 1926[1] |
| Genus: | Psilorhynchus McClelland, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus sucatio | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Psilorhynchoides Yazdani, Singh & Rao, 1993 | |
The genus is the sister group to the family Cyprinidae, and with that family the Psilorhynchidae makes up the superfamily Cyprinoidea, with all the other cypriniform families in the superfamily Cobitoidea.[3]
Species
editThere are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Psilorhynchus amplicephalus Arunachalam, Muralidharan & Sivakumar, 2007
- Psilorhynchus arunachalensis (Nebeshwar, Bagra & D. N. Das, 2007)
- Psilorhynchus balitora (Hamilton, 1822)
- Psilorhynchus bichomensis Shangningam, Kosygin & Gopi, 2019
- Psilorhynchus brachyrhynchus Conway & Britz, 2010
- Psilorhynchus breviminor Conway & Mayden, 2008
- Psilorhynchus chakpiensis Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013
- Psilorhynchus gokkyi Conway & Britz, 2010
- Psilorhynchus hamiltoni Conway, Dittmer, Jezisek & H. H. Ng, 2013
- Psilorhynchus homaloptera Hora & Mukerji, 1935
- Psilorhynchus kaladanensis Lal Ramliana, Lal Nuntluanga & Lal Ronunga, 2015
- Psilorhynchus kamengensis Dey, Choudhury, Mazumder, Bharali, Thaosen & Sarma, 2020
- Psilorhynchus khopai Lalramliana, Solo, Lalronunga & Lalnuntluanga, 2014
- Psilorhynchus konemi Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2016
- Psilorhynchus kosygini Shangningam, 2024
- Psilorhynchus maculatus Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013.
- Psilorhynchus magnaoculus Shangningam & Kosygin, 2021
- Psilorhynchus melissa Conway & Kottelat, 2010
- Psilorhynchus microphthalmus Vishwanath & Manojkumar, 1995
- Psilorhynchus nahlongthai Dey, Choudhury, Mazumder, Thaosen & Sarma, 2020
- Psilorhynchus nepalensis Conway & Mayden, 2008
- Psilorhynchus ngathanu Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013
- Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus Tilak & Husain, 1980
- Psilorhynchus olliei Conway & Britz, 2015
- 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
- Psilorhynchus sucatio (Hamilton, 1822)
- Psilorhynchus tenura Arunachalam & Muralidharan, 2008.
- Psilorhynchus tysoni Conway & Pinion, 2016
References
edit- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psilorhynchidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Kevin W. Conway (2011). "Osteology of the South Asian Genus Psilorhynchus McClelland, 1839 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae), with investigation of its phylogenetic relationships within the order Cypriniformes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (1): 50–154. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00698.x.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Psilorhynchus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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