''Parapsilorhynchus'' is a genus of
cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...
fishes
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to India. There are currently four described species in this genus.
Species
''Parapsilorhynchus'' contains the following valid species;
* ''
Parapsilorhynchus alluriensis''
S. S. Jadhav, M. Karuthapandi, Chandra
Chandra (), also known as Soma (), is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha (nine planets of Hinduism) and Dikpala (guardians of the directions).
Etymology and other ...
, Jaiswal, K. P. Dinesh & A. Narahari, 2020
* ''
Parapsilorhynchus discophorus''
Hora, 1921 (Ratnagiri minnow)
* ''
Parapsilorhynchus elongatus''
D. F. Singh, 1994
* ''
Parapsilorhynchus odishaensis''
B. K. Baliarsingh, Kosygin and S. K. Swain, 2017
* ''
Parapsilorhynchus prateri''
Hora & Misra, 1938 (Deolali minnow)
* ''
Parapsilorhynchus swaini''
B. K. Baliarsingh & Kosygin, 2017
* ''
Parapsilorhynchus tentaculatus''
( Annandale, 1919) (Khandalla minnow)
References
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Taxa named by Sunder Lal Hora
Freshwater fish of India
Freshwater fish genera
Labeoninae
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