Decorus
Appearance
Decorus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
Genus: | Decorus Zheng, Chen & Yang, 2019[1] |
Type species | |
Labeo decorus |
Decorus is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in China and India. This genus was split from Bangana in 2019.[2]
The generic name is Latin for "beautiful" and is tautonymous with the type species.[3]
Species
[edit]There are currently five recognized species in this genus.[4][5]
- Decorus decorus (Peters, 1881)
- Decorus lemassoni Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
- Decorus rendahli (Kimura, 1934)
- Decorus tungting (Nichols, 1925)
- Decorus xanthogenys (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labeoninae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Zheng, Lan-Ping; Chen, Xiao-Yong; Yang, Jun-Xing (2019). "Molecular phylogeny and systematic revision of Bangana sensu lato (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 57 (4): 884–891. doi:10.1111/jzs.12294. S2CID 190878336.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 July 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Decorus". FishBase. July 2024 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Decorus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 December 2024.