
''Mystacoleucus'' 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 ve ...
fishes that are found in
Southeast Asia
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. There are currently eight described species in this genus.
Species
* ''
Mystacoleucus argenteus''
( F. Day, 1888)
* ''
Mystacoleucus atridorsalis''
Fowler, 1937
* ''
Mystacoleucus chilopterus''
Fowler, 1935
* ''
Mystacoleucus ectypus''
Kottelat, 2000
* ''
Mystacoleucus greenwayi''
Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1940
* ''
Mystacoleucus lepturus''
S. Y. Huang, 1979
* ''
Mystacoleucus obtusirostris''
(Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 1842)
* ''
Mystacoleucus padangensis
''Mystacoleucus padangensis'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus '' Mystacoleucus''. It inhabits Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as ...
''
( Bleeker, 1852)
References
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Cyprinid fish of Asia
Cyprinidae genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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