Thynnichthys
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''Thynnichthys'' is a genus 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 the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ver ...
fish found in southern
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 continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...
from
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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 ea ...
. There are currently four species in this genus.


Species

* '' Thynnichthys polylepis''
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Thynnichthys sandkhol'' (
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, 1839)
(Sandkhol carp) * '' Thynnichthys thynnoides'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Thynnichthys vaillanti'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916


References

* Cyprinidae genera Cyprinid fish of Asia {{Cyprinidae-stub