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:

!Species!Common Name!Image
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.