Hemiculter
Hemiculter is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of eight species native to fresh water of eastern Asia (Siberia to Vietnam). 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". Species Hemiculter bleekeri Warpachowski, 1887 Hemiculter elongatus V. H. Nguyễn & S. V. Ngô, 2001 Hemiculter krempfi Pellegrin & Chevey, 1938 Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) (sharpbelly) Hemiculter lucidus (Dybowski, 1872) (Ussuri sharpbelly) Hemiculter songhongensis V. H. Nguyễn & Nguyen, 2001 Hemiculter tchangi P. W. Fang, 1942 Hemiculter varpachovskii A. M. Nikolskii, 1903 References Cyprinidae genera Cyprinid fish of Asia