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Sinibrama

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Sinibrama
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cultrinae
Genus: Sinibrama
H. W. Wu, 1939
Type species
Chanodichthys wui
Lin 1932

Sinibrama is a small genus of cyprinid fishes, the five currently recognized species distributed in south China, Taiwan, Laos, and Vietnam. These are silvery fishes with deep, laterally compressed bodies, large eyes, and terminal mouths. They tend to grow no larger than 20 cm in standard length.

The taxonomy of the group is frequently disputed, as all forms are very similar with more or less overlapping morphometric data.

Species

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The genus contains these species:[1]

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sinibrama". FishBase. October 2011 version.