''Hemiculter'' is a genus of freshwater

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belonging to the

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Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The species in this genusare found in eastern Asia from

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to Viet Nam. The

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is the sharpbelly, ''Culter leucisculus''. The name is derived from the Greek word ''hemis'', meaning "half", and the

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word ''culter'', meaning "knife".

Species

''Hemiculter'' contains the following species: * '' Hemiculter elongatus'' V. H. Nguyễn & S. V. Ngô, 2001 * '' Hemiculter krempfi'' Pellegrin & Chevey, 1938 * '' Hemiculter leucisculus'' ( Basilewsky, 1855) (Sharpbelly) * '' Hemiculter nikolskyi'' Vasil’eva, Vasil’ev & Shedko, 2022 (Nikolsky’ sharpbelly) * '' Hemiculter tchangi'' P. W. Fang, 1942 * '' Hemiculter yungaoi'' Vasil'eva, Vasil'ev & Shedko, 2022

References

* * Xenocyprididae Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Cultrinae-stub