Razorbelly minnow
| Razorbelly minnow | |
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| Salmostoma bacaila | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Chedrinae |
| Genus: | Swainson, 1839[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus oblongus Swainson, 1839[1]
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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.[2]
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[3]
| Species | Common Name | Image |
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| Salmostoma acinaces
(Valenciennes, 1844) |
silver razorbelly minnow | 
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| Salmostoma bacaila
(F. Hamilton, 1822) |
large razorbelly minnow |
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| Salmostoma balookee
(Sykes, 1839) |
Bloch razorbelly minnow | |
| Salmostoma belachi
(Jayaraj, Krishna Rao, Ravichandra Reddy, Shakuntala & Devaraj, 1999) |
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| Salmostoma boopis
(F. Day, 1874) |
Boopis razorbelly minnow | 
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| 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 | 
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| Salmostoma punjabense
(F. Day, 1872) |
Punjab razorbelly minnow | 
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| Salmostoma sardinella
(Valenciennes, 1844) |
Sardinella razorbelly minnow | 
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| Salmostoma sladoni
(F. Day, 1870) |
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| Salmostoma untrahi
(F. Day, 1869) |
Mahanadi razorbelly minnow | 
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References
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chedrinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ William Eschmeyer, ed. (2017). "Search Results from the Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Salmostoma". FishBase. October 2017 version.