Discocheilus
Appearance
Discocheilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
Genus: | Discocheilus E. Zhang, 1997 |
Type species | |
Discolabeo wui | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Discocheilus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.[1] The species which belong to this genus are endemic to China.[2]
Species
[edit]Discocheiluscontains the following species:[2]
- Discocheilus multilepis (D. Z. Wang & D. J. Li, 1994)
- Discocheilus wui (J. X. Chen & J. H. Lan, 1992)
- Discocheilus wuluoheensis (W. X. Li, Z. M. Lu & W. L. Mao, 1996)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labeoninae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Discocheilus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Discocheilus". FishBase. August 2011 version.