Culter (fish)
| Culter | |
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| Culter alburnus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Culter Basilewsky, 1855[1] |
| Type species | |
| Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855[1] | |
Culter is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.[1] The fishes in thsi genus are found in eastern Asia from Siberia to Viet Nam. The name is derived from the Latin word culter, meaning "knife". Culter is closely related to Chanodichthys and some species have been moved between these genera.
Species
Culter has the following species classified within it:[2]
- Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855
- Culter compressocorpus P. L. Yih & C. R. Chu, 1959
References
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Culter". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 January 2025.