genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 ...
fish found in eastern
Asia
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Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:
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Onychostoma alticorpus
''Onychostoma alticorpus'' (common name: Taiwan ku fish) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It can grow to Fish measurement, TL, but commonly only to about half of that.
''Onychostoma alticorpus'' is endemic to Taiwan whe ...
Onychostoma angustistomatum
''Onychostoma angustistomatum'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Onychostoma''. It inhabits China's Yangtze
The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ) is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in ...
Onychostoma brevibarba
''Onychostoma brevibarba'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, which includes the carps. minnows and allied fishes. This species is found in the Xiang Jiang drainage in the Chang Jiang basin of Hunan Pro ...
Onychostoma breve
''Onychostoma breve'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Onychostoma''. It inhabits the Yangtze in China and has a maximum length of .
References
breve
A breve ( , less often , grammatical gender, neuter form of the Latin "short ...
Onychostoma dongnaiense
''Onychostoma dongnaiense'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Onychostoma''. It inhabits the Đồng Nai river in Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland So ...
Onychostoma gerlachi
''Onychostoma gerlachi'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Onychostoma''. It inhabits inland wetlands in China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam and is used for food locally. Its maximum length is and maximum weight . It is considered "near thre ...
Onychostoma lepturus
''Onychostoma lepturus'', commonly known as thintail shoveljaw carp, is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Onychostoma''. It inhabits China, Laos and Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at ...
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Onychostoma minnanense
''Onychostoma minnanense'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Onychostoma''. It inhabits Fujian, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceed ...