Discocheilus
| Discocheilus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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]- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labeoninae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & 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.
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