Decorus

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Decorus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Decorus
Zheng, Chen & Yang, 2019
Type species
Labeo decorus
Peters, 1881

Decorus is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in China and India. This genus was split from Bangana in 2019. [1]

The generic name is Latin for "beautiful" and is tautonymous with the type species. [2]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus. [3]

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References

  1. Zheng, Lan-Ping; Chen, Xiao-Yong; Yang, Jun-Xing (2019). "Molecular phylogeny and systematic revision of Bangana sensu lato (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 57 (4): 884–891. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12294 . S2CID   190878336.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 July 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Decorus in FishBase . July 2024 version.