Discherodontus
Genus of fishes
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Discherodontus is a genus of small cyprinid fishes found in rivers and streams in Mainland Southeast Asia and Yunnan in China.
| Discherodontus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Discherodontus Rainboth, 1989 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus ashmeadi Fowler, 1937 | |
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Discherodontus ashmeadi (Fowler, 1937)
- Discherodontus colemani (Fowler, 1937)
- Discherodontus halei (Duncker, 1904)
- Discherodontus parvus (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
- Discherodontus schroederi (H. M. Smith, 1945)
- Discherodontus somphongsi (Benl & Klausewitz, 1962)
