Psilorhynchus

Life-forms

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
Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Psilorhynchidae
Genus: Psilorhynchus
Species (28): P. amplicephalus – P. arunachalensis – P. balitora – P. brachyrhynchus – P. breviminor – P. chakpiensis – P. gokkyi – P. gracilis – P. hamiltoni – P. homaloptera – P. kaladanensis – P. khopai – P. maculatus – P. melissa – P. microphthalmus – P. nepalensis – P. ngathanu – P. nudithoracicus – P. olliei – P. pavimentatus – P. piperatus – P. pseudecheneis – P. rahmani – P. robustus – P. rowleyi – P. sucatio – P. tenura – P. tysoni
Name

Psilorhynchus McClelland, 1839

Type species: Cyprinus sucatio Hamilton, 1822
Synonyms

Psilorhynchoides Yazdani, Singh & Rao, 1993

References

Conway, K.W. 2018. ‘On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus’, the sequel: Unnecessary and unscientific names lead to rapid synonymization and taxonomic time wasting—A response to Arunachalam et al. (2018). Zootaxa 4418(6): 594–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.6.7 Open access Reference page.
Conway, K.W., Dittmer, D.E., Jezisek, L.E. & Ng, H.H. 2013. On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa 3686(2): 201–243. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.2.5 Reference page.
Conway, K.W. & Britz, R. 2010. Three new species of Psilorhynchus from the Ayeyarwaddy River drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa 2616: 31–47. Preview (PDF).
Conway, K.W. & Kottelat, M. 2010. Two new species of Torrent Minnow (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) from western Myanmar. Raffles bulletin of zoology 58(2): 259–267. PDF.
Lalramliana, Lalnuntluanga & Lalronunga, S. 2015. Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, a new species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India. Zootaxa 3962(1): 171–178. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.9 Open access Reference page.
McClelland, J. 1839. Indian Cyprinidae. Asiatic Researches 19(2): 217–471, Pls. 37–61.
Shangningam, B.; Vishwanath, W. 2013: A new species of Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Chindwin basin of Manipur, India. Zootaxa 3694(4): 381–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.4.6 Reference page.
Yazdani, G.M., Singh, D.F. & Rao, M.B. 1993. Psilorhynchoides, a new genus for the cyprinid fish, Psilorhynchus homaloptera Hora & Mukherji and P. pseudecheneis Manon & Dutta, with a definition of the subfamily Psilorhynchinae (Cyprinidae). Matsya 15–16: 14–20.

Links

Psilorhynchus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ZooBank: 1EBAD8FB-9BF7-4EC5-A986-8B576BF07FB1

Psilorhynchus is a genus of fish in the family Psilorhynchidae native to South Asia. This genus is the only member of its family. The members of Psilorhynchus are small benthic fishes which occur in rivers and streams with fast to swift currents, hence they are often referred to a 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.[1]
Species

There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:

Psilorhynchus amplicephalus Arunachalam, Muralidharan & Sivakumar, 2007
Psilorhynchus arunachalensis (Nebeshwar, Bagra & D. N. Das, 2007)
Psilorhynchus balitora (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Psilorhynchus brachyrhynchus Conway & Britz, 2010 [2]
Psilorhynchus breviminor Conway & Mayden, 2008
Psilorhynchus chakpiensis Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013 [3]
Psilorhynchus gokkyi Conway & Britz, 2010 [2]
Psilorhynchus hamiltoni Conway, Dittmer, Jezisek & H. H. Ng, 2013 [4]
Psilorhynchus homaloptera Hora & Mukerji, 1935 [5]
Psilorhynchus kaladanensis Lal Ramliana, Lal Nuntluanga & Lal Ronunga, 2015 [6]
Psilorhynchus khopai Lal Ramliana, Solo, Lal Ronunga & Lal Nuntluanga, 2014 [7]
Psilorhynchus konemi Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2016 [8]
Psilorhynchus maculatus Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013 [9]
Psilorhynchus magnaoculus Bungdon Shangningam and Laishram Kosygin, 2021[10]
Psilorhynchus melissa Conway & Kottelat, 2010 [11]
Psilorhynchus microphthalmus Vishwanath & Manojkumar, 1995
Psilorhynchus nepalensis Conway & Mayden, 2008
Psilorhynchus ngathanu Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013 [12]
Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus Tilak & Husain, 1980 [4]
Psilorhynchus olliei Conway & Britz, 2015 [13]
Psilorhynchus pavimentatus Conway & Kottelat, 2010 [11]
Psilorhynchus piperatus Conway & Britz, 2010 [2]
Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis Menon & A. K. Datta, 1964 [14]
Psilorhynchus rahmani Conway & Mayden, 2008
Psilorhynchus robustus Conway & Kottelat, 2007
Psilorhynchus rowleyi Hora & Misra, 1941 [15]
Psilorhynchus sucatio (F. Hamilton, 1822) [4]
Psilorhynchus tenura Arunachalam & Muralidharan, 2008
Psilorhynchus tysoni Conway & Pinion, 2016 [16]

References

Kevin W. Conway (2011). "Osteology of the South Asian Genus Psilorhynchus McClelland, 1839 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae), with investigation of its phylogenetic relationships within the order Cypriniformes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (1): 50–154. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00698.x.
Conway, K.W. & Britz, R. (2010): Three new species of Psilorhynchus from the Ayeyarwaddy River drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa, 2616: 31–47.
Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): A new species of Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Chindwin basin of Manipur, India. Zootaxa, 3694 (4): 381–390.
Conway, K.W., Dittmer, D.E., Jezisek, L.E. & Ng, H.H. (2013): On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa, 3686 (2): 201–243.
Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2014): Redescription of Psilorhynchus homaloptera, a torrent minnow from Northeast India (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3): 237-248.
Lalramliana, Lalnuntluanga & Lalronunga, S. (2015): Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, a new species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India. Zootaxa, 3962 (1): 171–178.
Lalramliana, Solo, B., Lalronunga, S. & Lalnuntluanga (2014): Psilorhynchus khopai, a new fish species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India. Zootaxa, 3793 (2): 265–272.
Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2016): Psilorhynchus konemi, a new species of torrent minnow from northeast India (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 289-296.
Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): Psilorhynchus maculatus, a new species of torrent minnow from the Chindwin basin, Manipur, India (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (1): 57-62.
Shangningam, Bungdon and Kosygin, Laishram, 2021 Psilorhynchus magnaoculus, a new species of torrent minnow (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Myanmar. Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 121(3)/319-324, 2021
Conway, K.W. & Kottelat, M. (2010): Two new species of Torrent Minnow (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) from western Myanmar. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 58 (2): 259–267.
Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): Psilorhynchus ngathanu, a new torrent minnow species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Chindwin Basin, Manipur, India. Ichthyological Research, 61 (1): 27-31.
Conway, K.W. & Britz, R. (2015): Psilorhynchus olliei, a new species of torrent minnow from eastern Myanmar (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (4): 347–356.
Conway, K.W., Mayden, R.L., Shrestha, J. & Edds, D.R. (2012): Redescription of the Nepalese endemic torrent minnow Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis with comments on P. homaloptera (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (3): 193-210.
Shangningam, B., Kosygin, L. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): Redescription of Psilorhynchus rowleyi Hora and Misra 1941 (Cypriniformes: Psilorhynchidae). Ichthyological Research, 60 (3): 249-255.
Conway, K.W. & Pinion, A.K. (2016): Psilorhynchus tysoni, a new species of torrent minnow from the Salween River drainage, western Thailand (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa, 4136 (3): 580-592.