''Psilorhynchus'' is a
genus
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of
ray-finned fish
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in the family Psilorhynchidae native to
South Asia
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. This genus is the only member of its
family
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. The members of ''Psilorhynchus'' are small
benthic
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fishes which occur in rivers and streams with fast to swift currents, hence they are often referred to as torrent minnows. They are distributed in southern Asia, in the
Indo-Burma region and the
Western Ghats.
The genus is the sister group to the family
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and t ...
, and with that family the Psilorhynchidae makes up the superfamily Cyprinoidea, with all the other cypriniform families in the superfamily
Cobitoidea.
Species
There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Psilorhynchus amplicephalus''
Arunachalam, Muralidharan & Sivakumar
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, 2007
* ''
Psilorhynchus arunachalensis''
( Nebeshwar, Bagra & D. N. Das, 2007)
* ''
Psilorhynchus balitora''
(Hamilton
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** ''Hamilton'' (al ...
, 1822)
* ''
Psilorhynchus bichomensis''
Shangningam, Kosygin & Gopi, 2019
* ''
Psilorhynchus brachyrhynchus''
Conway
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& Britz, 2010
* ''
Psilorhynchus breviminor''
Conway & Mayden, 2008
* ''
Psilorhynchus chakpiensis''
Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013
* ''
Psilorhynchus gokkyi''
Conway & Britz, 2010
* ''
Psilorhynchus hamiltoni''
Conway, Dittmer, Jezisek & H. H. Ng, 2013
* ''
Psilorhynchus homaloptera''
Hora & Mukerji, 1935
* ''
Psilorhynchus kaladanensis''
Lal Ramliana
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, Lal Nuntluanga & Lal Ronunga, 2015
* ''
Psilorhynchus kamengensis''
Dey, Choudhury, Mazumder, Bharali, Thaosen & Sarma, 2020
* ''
Psilorhynchus khopai''
Lalramliana, Solo, Lalronunga & Lalnuntluanga, 2014
* ''
Psilorhynchus konemi''
Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2016
* ''
Psilorhynchus kosygini''
Shangningam, 2024
* ''
Psilorhynchus maculatus''
Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013.
* ''
Psilorhynchus magnaoculus''
Shangningam & Kosygin, 2021
* ''
Psilorhynchus melissa''
Conway & Kottelat, 2010
* ''
Psilorhynchus microphthalmus
''Psilorhynchus microphthalmus'' is a freshwater ray-finned fish, a torrent minnow. It is restricted to the Chapki Stream in the Chindwin basin of Manipur, India. It is found in flowing water with a rock substrate. This species is threatened f ...
''
Vishwanath & Manojkumar, 1995
* ''
Psilorhynchus nahlongthai''
Dey, Choudhury, Mazumder, Thaosen & Sarma, 2020
* ''
Psilorhynchus nepalensis''
Conway & Mayden, 2008
* ''
Psilorhynchus ngathanu''
Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013
* ''
Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus''
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, 1980
* ''
Psilorhynchus olliei''
Conway & Britz, 2015
* ''
Psilorhynchus pavimentatus''
Conway & Kottelat, 2010
* ''
Psilorhynchus piperatus''
Conway & Britz, 2010
* ''
Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis''
Menon & A. K. Datta, 1964
* ''
Psilorhynchus rahmani''
Conway & Mayden, 2008
* ''
Psilorhynchus robustus''
Conway & Kottelat, 2007
* ''
Psilorhynchus rowleyi''
Hora & Misra, 1941
* ''
Psilorhynchus sucatio''
(Hamilton, 1822)
* ''
Psilorhynchus tenura''
Arunachalam & Muralidharan, 2008.
* ''
Psilorhynchus tysoni''
Conway & Pinion, 2016
References
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by John McClelland (doctor)
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