Scaphognathops

Scaphognathops is a genus of cyprinid fishes native to Southeast Asia. In Thai, they are commonly known as pla pak pian (Thai: ปลาปากเปี่ยน), pla pian (ปลาเปี่ยน), or pla ta dam (ปลาตาดำ). The genus is restricted to the Mekong Basin and is considered uncommon.

Scaphognathops
Scaphognathops bandanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Scaphognathops H. M. Smith, 1945[1]
Type species
Scaphognathops stejnegeri H. M. Smith, 1931[1]
Synonyms[1]
Scaphognathus H. M. Smith, 1931

It was named by H. M. Smith, an American ichthyologist who lived and worked in Siam (now Thailand). Smith originally intended to name the genus Scaphognatus, but the name had already been used for a group of prehistoric winged reptiles.

Species

There are currently three species in this genus:

• Scaphognathops bandanensis Boonyaratpalin & Srirungroj, 1971
• Scaphognathops stejnegeri (H. M. Smith, 1931)
• Scaphognathops theunensis Kottelat, 1998