The Cultrinae are one of at least 13

subfamilies In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

cyprinid 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 ...

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 ...

. It contains ten

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

Recognized genera

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Anabarilius ''Anabarilius'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, most of them only occurring in China. Many of the species have very restricted geographic range and have been negatively impacted by introduced species, fishing, and habitat ...

'' (21 species) * ''

Ancherythroculter ''Ancherythroculter'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes that occur in eastern Asia in China and Vietnam. There are currently five recognized species in this genus, though the validity of ''A. lini'' is under some doubt. Species There are currently ...

'' (5 species) * ''

Chanodichthys ''Chanodichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish, consisting of five species from eastern Asia (China, Mongolia, Russia and Vietnam). The name is derived from the Greek word ''chanos'', meaning "abyss, mouth opened, inmensity", and the Gr ...

'' (5 species) * '' Culter'' (4 species) * ''

Cultrichthys ''Cultrichthys compressocorpus'' is a species of cyprinid 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 ...

'' (

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

) * '' Erythroculter'' (

) * '' Hainania'' (monotypic) * '' Hemiculter'' (8 species) * ''

Ischikauia ''Ischikauia steenackeri'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Biwa is the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located entirely within Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu), northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto. Lake Biw ...

'' (monotypic) * ''

Megalobrama ''Megalobrama'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of six species native to fresh water in China and eastern Russia. The name is derived from the Greek word ''megalos'', meaning "great", and the Old French Old French (, , ; Modern Frenc ...

'' (5 species) * ''

Parabramis The white Amur bream (''Parabramis pekinensis'') is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish, of the monotypic genus ''Parabramis''. It is native to eastern Asia, where found from the Amur River basin in Russia south to Ningpo and Shanghai in Chi ...

'' – white Amur bream (monotypic) * ''

Paralaubuca ''Paralaubuca'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern regio ...

'' (5 species) * ''

Pseudohemiculter ''Pseudohemiculter'' is a genus of cyprinid fish occurring in eastern Asia. There are currently four species in the genus. Species * ''Pseudohemiculter dispar'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1881) * ''Pseudohemiculter hainanensis'' (Boulenger, 1900) * ''Ps ...

'' (4 species) * ''

Pseudolaubuca ''Pseudolaubuca'' is a genus of cyprinid fish from eastern Asia. There are currently four species in this genus. Species * '' Pseudolaubuca engraulis'' (Nichols Nichols may refer to: People *Nichols (surname) *Nichol, a surname Places Canada * ...

'' (4 species) * '' Sinibrama'' (6 species) * ''

Toxabramis ''Toxabramis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the ...

'' (7 species)

References

*Preliminary studies on phylogeny of subfamily Cultrinae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), P. Yue, Y, Luo, Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, 1996 *Phylogeny and zoogeography of the cyprinid hemicultrine group (Cyprinidae: Cultrinae),YG Dai, JX Yang, Zoological Studies-Taipei-, 2003 *Phylogeny and zoogeography of the subfamily Cultrinae (Cyprinidae), Dai Yinggui, Yang Junxing, Chen Yinrui, Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 01 Jan 2005, 30(2):213-233 Fish subfamilies {{Cultrinae-stub