Cultrinae

The Cultrinae are an exclusively in mainland Asia and the Great Sunda Islands (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan ) occurring under the carp family (Cyprinidae ). The distribution center, the region with the greatest species richness is China.

Beginning of 2013, 1860, imposed by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker subfamily Oxygastrinae for numerous far the barb ( Danioninae ) associated with East Asian species was revalidated and synonymized the Cultrinae together with the Hypophthalmichthyinae, Opsariichthyinae, Squaliobarbinae and Xenocypridinae with the Oxygastrinae.

Features

The Cultrinae 11 to 55 centimeters long and are distinguished from other subfamilies mainly by its keeled belly. Your body is laterally strongly flattened in most cases, and covered with large, gently sloping shed. The mouth is terminal or upper constant, barbels are present only in the genus Pogobrama. In the mouth two to three rows of curved and directed backwards Pharyngealzähnen find. The lateral line is complete. The dorsal fin is supported usually by three unbranched and seven branched fin rays, the long anal fin also has three unbranched fin rays. The caudal fin is deeply divided. The diet of Cultinen includes more animal food than the rest of carp fish subfamilies.

Genera

  • Anabarilius Cockerell 1923
  • Ancherythroculter Yih & Wu 1964
  • Chanodichthys Bleeker 1860
  • Culter Basilewsky 1855
  • Cultrichthys Smith 1938
  • Ischikauia Jordan & Snyder, 1900
  • Hainania Koller 1927
  • Hemiculter Bleeker 1860
  • Hemiculterella Warpachowski 1887
  • Megalobrama Dybowski 1872
  • Parabramis Bleeker 1864
  • Paralaubuca Bleeker 1864
  • Pseudohemiculter Nichols & Pope 1927
  • Pseudolaubuca Bleeker 1864
  • Sinibrama Wu 1939
  • Toxabramis Günther 1873

Swell

  • Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World, John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
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