Discherodontus

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Discherodontus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Discherodontus
Rainboth, 1989
Type species
Barbus ashmeadi
Fowler, 1937

Discherodontus is a genus of small cyprinid fishes found in rivers and streams in Mainland Southeast Asia and Yunnan in China.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [1] [2]

Synonyms

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Discherodontus in FishBase . October 2013 version.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.