Onychostoma
Encyclopedia
Onychostoma is a genus of cyprinid
fish found in eastern Asia
. There are currently 20 described species in this genus.
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish found in eastern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. There are currently 20 described species in this genus.
Species
- Onychostoma alticorpusOnychostoma alticorpusOnychostoma alticorpus is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found only in Taiwan.-Source:* Kottelat, M. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
(Ōshima, 1920) (Taiwan ku fish) - Onychostoma angustistomata (P. W. Fang, 1940)
- Onychostoma barbatulum (PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
, 1908) (Taiwan shoveljaw carp) - Onychostoma barbatum (S. Y. Lin, 1931)
- Onychostoma breve (H. W. Wu & Chen, 1977)
- Onychostoma daduense R. H. Ding, 1994
- Onychostoma elongatum (PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
& Chevey, 1934) - Onychostoma fangi KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2000 - Onychostoma fusiforme KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1998 - Onychostoma gerlachi (W. K. H. PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1881) - Onychostoma laticeps Günther, 1896
- Onychostoma lepturum (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1900) - Onychostoma lini (H. W. Wu, 1939)
- Onychostoma macrolepis (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1871) - Onychostoma meridionale KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1998 - Onychostoma ovale PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
& Chevey, 1936 - Onychostoma rarum (S. Y. Lin, 1933)
- Onychostoma simum (SauvageHenri Émile Sauvage- Works :Articles in The Popular Science Monthly:* “Amphibious Fishes,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 9, September 1876* “The Archer-Fishes,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 12, January 1878* “The Matamata,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 16, March 1880...
& Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) - Onychostoma uniforme (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
- Onychostoma virgulatum Q. Xin, E. Zhang & W. X. Cao, 2009