''Culter'' is a genus of
cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
, consisting of four species found in freshwater of eastern Asia (
Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
to
Vietnam). The name is derived from the
Latin word ''culter'', meaning "knife". ''Culter'' is closely related to ''
Chanodichthys'' and some species have been moved between these genera.
Species
* ''
Culter alburnus''
Basilewsky, 1855
* ''
Culter flavipinnis''
Tirant, 1883
* ''
Culter oxycephaloides''
Kreyenberg & Pappenheim, 1908
* ''
Culter recurviceps
''Culter recurviceps'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Culter'' from the Pearl River and Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands ...
''
( J. Richardson, 1846)
References
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Ray-finned fish genera
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