Culter

To see more, see Culter (disambiguation).

Culter
Culter alburnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Culter Basilewsky, 1855[1]
Type species
Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855[1]

Culter is a genus of cyprinids in the subfamily Cultrinae found in freshwater areas of East Asia. The name means "knife" in Latin. They are simply called culters and are related to Chanodichthys.

Species

• Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855 (topmouth culter)
• Culter flavipinnis Tirant, 1883
• Culter oxycephaloides Kreyenberg & Pappenheim, 1908
• Culter recurviceps J. Richardson, 1846

Type species

The type species is the topmouth culter (Culter alburnus).

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Culter alburnus" on FishBase. January 2010 version.
2. Huckstorf, V.; Freyhof, J. (2012). "Chanodichthys flavipinnis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
3. "Fishing in China for Topmouth Culter aka Skygazer".