''Semiplotus'' is a genus 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 ...
fishes found in south
Asia
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.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Semiplotus cirrhosus''
B. L. Chaudhuri
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, 1919
* ''
Semiplotus manipurensis''
Vishwanath & Kosygin, 2000
* ''
Semiplotus modestus''
F. Day, 1870 (Burmese kingfish)
* ''
Semiplotus semiplotus
The Assamese kingfish (''Sempilotus semiplotus'') is a species of cyprinid fish native to southern Asia where it occurs in fresh waters of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar. This species can reach a length of TL. It is of minor importance to lo ...
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, 1839) (Assamese kingfish)
References
Barbinae
Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Asia
taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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