''Semiplotus'' 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 found in south
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Semiplotus cirrhosus''
B. L. Chaudhuri, 1919
* ''
Semiplotus manipurensis''
Vishwanath & Kosygin, 2000
* ''
Semiplotus modestus''
F. Day, 1870 (Burmese kingfish)
* ''
Semiplotus semiplotus''
( McClelland, 1839) (Assamese kingfish)
References
Barbinae
Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Asia
taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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