Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea
Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Xenocypridinae
Genus: Hemiculter
Species: H. bleekeri – H. elongatus – H. krempfi – H. leucisculus – H. lucidus – H. songhongensis – H. tchangi – H. varpachovskii
Name
Hemiculter Bleeker, 1860: 432
Type species: Culter leucisculus ♂ Basilewsky, 1855. Type by subsequent monotypy.
Synonyms
Cultriculus Oshima, 1919: 252
References
Bleeker, P. 1860: Conspectus systematis Cyprinorum. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië, 20: 421–441.
Dai, Y.-G. & J.-X. Yang 2003: Phylogeny and zoogeography of the cyprinid hemicultrine group (Cyprinidae: Cultrinae). Zoological Studies, 42(1): 73–92.
Vernacular names
English: Sharpbellies
Hemiculter is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of eight species native to fresh water of eastern Asia (Siberia to Vietnam). 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".
Species
Hemiculter bleekeri Warpachowski, 1887
Hemiculter elongatus V. H. Nguyễn & S. V. Ngô, 2001
Hemiculter krempfi Pellegrin & Chevey, 1938
Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) (sharpbelly)
Hemiculter lucidus (Dybowski, 1872) (Ussuri sharpbelly)
Hemiculter songhongensis V. H. Nguyễn & Nguyen, 2001
Hemiculter tchangi P. W. Fang, 1942
Hemiculter varpachovskii A. M. Nikolskii, 1903
References
"Hemiculter". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Hemiculter in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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