Razorbelly minnow

The razorbelly minnows are a group of fish in the genus Salmostoma found in southern Asia. They have been placed in the genus Salmophasia but this is regarded as a junior synonym of Salmostoma.^[2]

Razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma bacaila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Salmostoma Swainson, 1839[1]
Type species
Cyprinus oblongus Swainson, 1839[1]
Species
13 See text
Synonyms[1]
Salmophasia Swainson, 1839

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:^[3]

Species	Common Name	Image
Salmostoma acinaces (Valenciennes, 1844)	silver razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma bacaila (F. Hamilton, 1822)	large razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma balookee (Sykes, 1839)	Bloch razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma belachi (Jayaraj, Krishna Rao, Ravichandra Reddy, Shakuntala & Devaraj, 1999)
Salmostoma boopis (F. Day, 1874)	Boopis razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma horai (Silas, 1951)	Hora razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma novacula (Valenciennes, 1840)	Novacula razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma orissaensis (Bănărescu, 1968)	Orissa razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma phulo (F. Hamilton, 1822)	finescale razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma punjabense (F. Day, 1872)	Punjab razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma sardinella (Valenciennes, 1844)	Sardinella razorbelly minnow
Salmostoma sladoni (F. Day, 1870)
Salmostoma untrahi (F. Day, 1869)	Mahanadi razorbelly minnow