Culter
To see more, see Culter (disambiguation).
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
[change | change source]- Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855 (topmouth culter)
- Culter flavipinnis Tirant, 1883
- Culter oxycephaloides Kreyenberg & Pappenheim, 1908
- Culter recurviceps J. Richardson, 1846
Type species
[change | change source]The type species is the topmouth culter (Culter alburnus).
References
[change | change source]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Culter alburnus" on FishBase. January 2010 version.
- Huckstorf, V.; Freyhof, J. (2012). "Chanodichthys flavipinnis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- "Fishing in China for Topmouth Culter aka Skygazer".
