Razorbelly minnow

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Razorbelly minnow
Chela bacaila Day 152.jpg
Salmostoma bacaila
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Chedrinae
Genus: Salmostoma
Swainson, 1839 [1]
Type species
Cyprinus oblongus
Swainson, 1839 [1]
Species

13 See text

Synonyms [1]

The razorbelly minnows are a group of fish in the genus Salmostoma found in southern Asia. They have been placed in the genus Salmophasia but this is regarded as a junior synonym of Salmostoma. [2]

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus: [3]

SpeciesCommon NameImage
Salmostoma acinaces

(Valenciennes, 1844)

silver razorbelly minnow Chela argentea Day 152.jpg
Salmostoma bacaila

(F. Hamilton, 1822)

large razorbelly minnow Chela bacaila Day 152.jpg
Salmostoma balookee

(Sykes, 1839)

Bloch razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma belachi

(Jayaraj, Krishna Rao,Ravichandra Reddy, Shakuntala & Devaraj, 1999)

Salmostoma boopis

(F. Day, 1874)

Boopis razorbelly minnow Chela boopis Day 152.jpg
Salmostoma horai

(Silas, 1951)

Hora razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma novacula

(Valenciennes, 1840)

Novacula razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma orissaensis

(Bănărescu, 1968)

Orissa razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma phulo

(F. Hamilton, 1822)

finescale razorbelly minnow Saphu u2.jpg
Salmostoma punjabense

(F. Day, 1872)

Punjab razorbelly minnow Chela punjabensis Day 153.jpg
Salmostoma sardinella

(Valenciennes, 1844)

Sardinella razorbelly minnow Chela sardinella Day 152.jpg
Salmostoma sladoni

(F. Day, 1870)

Salmophasia sladoni Day (cropped).png
Salmostoma untrahi

(F. Day, 1869)

Mahanadi razorbelly minnow Chela untrahi Mintern 151.jpg

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chedrinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  2. William Eschmeyer, ed. (2017). "Search Results from the Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Salmostoma". FishBase . October 2017 version.