Discherodontus is a genus of small cyprinid fishes found in rivers and streams in Mainland Southeast Asia and Yunnan in China.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Discherodontus Rainboth, 1989 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus ashmeadi Fowler, 1937
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Species
editThere are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Discherodontus ashmeadi (Fowler, 1937)
- Discherodontus halei (Duncker, 1904)
- Discherodontus parvus (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
- Discherodontus schroederi (H. M. Smith, 1945)
- Synonyms
- Discherodontus colemani (Fowler, 1937) accepted as Barbodes colemani
- Discherodontus somphongsi (Benl & Klausewitz, 1962) accepted as Discherodontus halei
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Discherodontus". FishBase. October 2013 version.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
- Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Discherodontus Rainboth, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268999 on 2024-01-24
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