''Ancherythroculter'' is a genus of freshwater

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

belonging to the

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Xenocyprididae Xenocyprididae, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes commonly called the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies with a natural distribution in Asia. This taxon, sometimes spelt Xenocypridae, was previously regarded to be a subfamily, Xenocypri ...

, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The fishes in this genus occur in eastern

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and

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. There are currently five recognized species in this genus, though the validity of ''A. lini'' was under some doubt.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Ancherythroculter daovantieni'' ( Bănărescu, 1967) * '' Ancherythroculter kurematsui'' ( Sh. Kimura, 1934) * '' Ancherythroculter lini'' Y. L. Luo, 1994 * '' Ancherythroculter nigrocauda'' P. L. Yih & C. K. Wu, 1964 * '' Ancherythroculter wangi'' ( T. L. Tchang, 1932)

References

Xenocyprididae Cyprinidae genera Fish of Asia {{Cultrinae-stub