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Psilorhynchus
Psilorhynchus is a genus of small, benthic ray-finned fish in the family Psilorhynchidae native to South Asia. This genus is the only member of its family. Many members of Psilorhynchus occur in rivers and streams with fast to swift currents, hence they are often referred to as torrent minnows. They are distributed in southern Asia, in the Indo-Burma region and the Western Ghats.
The genus is the sister group to the family Cyprinidae, and with that family the Psilorhynchidae makes up the superfamily Cyprinoidea, with all the other cypriniform families in the superfamily Cobitoidea.
33 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 33 known species
Psilorhynchus balitora
speciesPsilorhynchus balitora
Psilorhynchus brachyrhynchus
speciesPsilorhynchus brachyrhynchus
Psilorhynchus homaloptera
speciesPsilorhynchus homaloptera
Psilorhynchus olliei
speciesPsilorhynchus olliei
Psilorhynchus sucatio
speciesPsilorhynchus sucatio
Nepalese minnow
speciesPsilorhynchus pseudecheneis
Psilorhynchus gokkyi
speciesPsilorhynchus gokkyi
Psilorhynchus melissa
speciesPsilorhynchus melissa
Psilorhynchus pavimentatus
speciesPsilorhynchus pavimentatus
Psilorhynchus piperatus
speciesPsilorhynchus piperatus
Psilorhynchus konemi
speciesPsilorhynchus konemi
Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus
speciesPsilorhynchus nudithoracicus
Psilorhynchus chakpiensis
speciesPsilorhynchus chakpiensis
Psilorhynchus hamiltoni
speciesPsilorhynchus hamiltoni
Psilorhynchus kaladanensis
speciesPsilorhynchus kaladanensis
Psilorhynchus khopai
speciesPsilorhynchus khopai
Psilorhynchus maculatus
speciesPsilorhynchus maculatus
Psilorhynchus ngathanu
speciesPsilorhynchus ngathanu
Psilorhynchus rowleyi
speciesPsilorhynchus rowleyi
Psilorhynchus tysoni
speciesPsilorhynchus tysoni
Psilorhynchus nahlongthai
speciesPsilorhynchus nahlongthai
Psilorhynchus bichomensis
speciesPsilorhynchus bichomensis
Psilorhynchus kamengensis
speciesPsilorhynchus kamengensis
Psilorhynchus kosygini
speciesPsilorhynchus kosygini
Psilorhynchus magnaoculus
speciesPsilorhynchus magnaoculus
Psilorhynchus amplicephalus
speciesPsilorhynchus amplicephalus
Psilorhynchus arunachalensis
speciesPsilorhynchus arunachalensis
Psilorhynchus breviminor
speciesPsilorhynchus breviminor
Psilorhynchus microphthalmus
speciesPsilorhynchus microphthalmus
Psilorhynchus nepalensis
speciesPsilorhynchus nepalensis
Psilorhynchus rahmani
speciesPsilorhynchus rahmani
Psilorhynchus robustus
speciesPsilorhynchus robustus
Psilorhynchus tenura
speciesPsilorhynchus tenura
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 91534.