Razorbelly minnow explained

The razorbelly minnows are a group of fish in the genus Salmostoma found in southern Asia. They have been placed in the genus Salmophasia but this is regarded as a junior synonym of Salmostoma.^[1]

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

• Salmostoma acinaces (Valenciennes, 1844) (silver razorbelly minnow)
• Salmostoma bacaila (F. Hamilton, 1822) (large razorbelly minnow)
• Salmostoma balookee (Sykes, 1839) (Bloch razorbelly minnow)
• Salmostoma belachi (Jayaraj, Krishna Rao, Ravichandra Reddy, Shakuntala & Devaraj, 1999)
• Salmostoma boopis (F. Day, 1874) (Boopis razorbelly minnow)
• Salmostoma horai (Silas, 1951) (Hora razorbelly minnow)
• Salmostoma novacula (Valenciennes, 1840) (Novacula razorbelly minnow)
• Salmostoma orissaensis (Bănărescu, 1968) (Orissa razorbelly minnow)
• Salmostoma phulo (F. Hamilton, 1822) (finescale razorbelly minnow)
• Salmostoma punjabense (F. Day, 1872) (Punjab razorbelly minnow)
• Salmostoma sardinella (Valenciennes, 1844) (Sardinella razorbelly minnow)
• Salmostoma sladoni (F. Day, 1870)
• Salmostoma untrahi (F. Day, 1869) (Mahanadi razorbelly minnow)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Search Results from the Catalog of Fishes . 13 October 2017 . . William Eschmeyer . 2017.