Hemiculter

Hemiculter is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The species in this genusare found in eastern Asia from Siberia to Viet Nam. The type species is the sharpbelly, Culter leucisculus. The name is derived from the Greek word hemis, meaning "half", and the Latin word culter, meaning "knife".

Hemiculter
Sharpbelly, Hemiculter leucisculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Hemiculter Bleeker, 1860[1]
Type species
Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Cultriculus Ōshima, 1919 Kendallia Evermann & T. H. Shaw, 1927

Species

Hemiculter contains the following species:^[2]

• Hemiculter elongatus V. H. Nguyễn & S. V. Ngô, 2001
• Hemiculter krempfi Pellegrin & Chevey, 1938
• Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) (Sharpbelly)
• Hemiculter nikolskyi Vasil’eva, Vasil’ev & Shedko, 2022 (Nikolsky’ sharpbelly)
• Hemiculter tchangi P. W. Fang, 1942
• Hemiculter yungaoi Vasil'eva, Vasil'ev & Shedko, 2022