''Cosmochilus'' is
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...
fish found in
East
East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that ea ...
and
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
.
Species
''Cosmochilus'' contains the following species:
* ''
Cosmochilus cardinalis''
X. L. Chu & T. R. Roberts, 1985
* ''
Cosmochilus falcifer''
Regan, 1906
* ''
Cosmochilus harmandi''
Sauvage, 1878
References
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Taxa named by Henri Émile Sauvage
Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Asia
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