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Sharpbellies
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Sharpbellies

Hemiculter

Hemiculter is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The species in this genusare found in eastern Asia from Siberia to Viet Nam. The type species is the sharpbelly, Culter leucisculus. The name is derived from the Greek word hemis, meaning "half", and the Latin word culter, meaning "knife".

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Sharpbelly

speciesHemiculter leucisculus

Hemiculter yungaoi

speciesHemiculter yungaoi

Hemiculter tchangi

speciesHemiculter tchangi

Hemiculter nikolskyi

speciesHemiculter nikolskyi

Hemiculter elongatus

speciesHemiculter elongatus

Hemiculter krempfi

speciesHemiculter krempfi

Hemiculter songhongensis

speciesHemiculter songhongensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88794.