''Pectenocypris'' is a

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of small

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

in the

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Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to freshwater habitats in

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

and

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Pectenocypris balaena ''Pectenocypris balaena'' is a fish species in the genus ''Pectenocypris'' from Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in re ...

'' T. R. Roberts, 1989 * ''

Pectenocypris korthausae ''Pectenocypris korthausae'' is a fish species in the genus ''Pectenocypris'' from Sumatra and Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime South ...

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, 1982 * ''

Pectenocypris micromysticetus ''Pectenocypris micromysticetus'' is a species of cyprinid fish. It is endemic to Sumatra (Indonesia). It is known only from the Batang Hari River The Batang Hari ( Indonesian: ''Sungai Batanghari'') is the longest river in Jambi province, Su ...

'' H. H. Tan &

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, 2009 * ''

Pectenocypris nigra ''Pectenocypris nigra'' is a species of small ray-finned fish from the minnow and carp family, Cyprinidae. It is known only from the very acidic, peaty swamps in central Sumatra. It has a blackish strip along the flanks of its body which is uni ...

'' Wibowo, Ahnelt & Kertamihardja, 2016Wibowo, A., Ahnelt, H. & Kertamihardja, E.S. (2016)
''Pectenocypris nigra'', a new danionine species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Danioninae) from Sumatra (Indonesia).
''Acta Biologica Turcica, 29 (4): 137-142.'' * ''

Pectenocypris rubra ''Pectenocypris'' is a genus of small fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to freshwater habitats in Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between th ...

'' Ahnelt, Wibowo & Prianto, 2020

References

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